Unscramble OXYGENOUS to get 175 words. OXYGENOUS itself is a real word: 20 points on a Scrabble board, 22 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is OXYGENS, 18 points. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
O1X8Y43G23E1N12O1U12S1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from OXYGENOUS split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 7, 9 with 6, 23 with 5, 56 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2. None has 8 letters.
GOXES tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble OXYGENOUS at 13 points; next come EXONS and NEXUS on 12. YOUNG, GENUS and GOOSE will look familiar.
The 4-letter words from OXYGENOUS are led by ONYX, SEXY and YUNX, 14 points each. SOON, SONG and GOES are the familiar ones.
OXY and YEX are the top 3-letter words from OXYGENOUS, 13 points each. ONE, YES and GUY will look familiar.
Keep every letter of OXYGENOUS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with OX · ending in US · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with OXYGENS (18 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
OXYGENOUS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OXYGENOUS itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 175) | 121 | 173 | 110 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: YUNXES, YUNX, YEX, NOXES, EXO, NOX, GONYS, GUYSE, NOYOUS, GOEY, NOYES, YGOE and 42 more, 54 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: OXYGENOUS, GYNOS, GYNO, YOUS, NEGS, NUGS, GOS, NEG, NUG, ONOS and ONO, 11 in all. Not in Scrabble UK: GOYS and GOY, 2 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of OXYGENOUS and one more.