Unscramble PHOENIXISM to get 262 words. PHOENIXISM itself is a real word: 24 points on a Scrabble board, 26 in Words With Friends. PHOENIX and MINXISH are the best of the shorter words, at 19 points. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from PHOENIXISM by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 8, 12 with 7, 35 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 32 with 2. None has 9 letters.
Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble PHOENIXISM, PHENIX and SPHINX tie for first at 18 points. PHONES, IMPOSE and PIXIES are everyday picks.
HOXES tops the 5-letter words from PHOENIXISM at 15 points; next come EXPOS and MIXEN on 14. PHONE, HOMES and OPENS will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words made with PHOENIXISM letters, MPOX leads with 15 points, then EXPO and MINX on 13. HOME, SHOP and HOPE are the familiar ones.
HEX and HOX share the top score of 13 among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble PHOENIXISM. MEN, SIX and MIX are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of PHOENIXISM but one, change that one, and you get:
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Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with MINXISH and PHOENIX (19 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
PHOENIXISM is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHOENIXISM itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 262) | 219 | 261 | 192 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PHOENIXISM, IMPOSEX, EXOMIS, HOXES, MIXENS, MIXEN, HOMINISE, HOX, NOXES, OXIES, INSHIP, MEISHI and 30 more, 42 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: MPOXES, MPOX, HOMIES, HOMIE, MENSH, PHEOS, SHMOE, HEPS, HIMS, HOISIN, HOMS, MOSH and 15 more, 27 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: HEMI.
This word takes every letter of PHOENIXISM plus a single extra one.