Unscramble PHALANXES to get 224 words. PHALANXES itself is a real word: 21 points on a Scrabble board, 23 in Words With Friends. HEXAPLAS is the best of the shorter words, at 20 points. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from PHALANXES split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 6 with 7, 15 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words in PHALANXES: HEXAPLAS, for 20 points.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PHALANXES, HAPAX leads with 17 points, then PANAX and PAXES on 14. PLANS, PANEL and PHASE are the familiar ones.
APEX and PLEX are the top 4-letter words made with PHALANXES letters, 13 points each. HELP, PLAN and SNAP will look familiar.
HEX scores highest among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble PHALANXES at 13 points, ahead of PAX on 12 and AXE on 10. HAS, SPA and PAN are the ones most people know.
These 5 words have the length of PHALANXES, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with PH · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
What PHALANXES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PHALANXES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHALANXES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 224) | 186 | 224 | 172 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PANAXES, PANAX, HANAPS, LANX, SAXE, AHEAP, HANAP, PLESH, HESP, NAHALS, PAHS, HALSE and 26 more, 38 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PLEX, LAXES, ASHPAN, HEPS, LAHS, NAPAS, PAANS, PALSA, SHEN, AHS, LAH, NAPA and 2 more, 14 in all.