Unscramble PHYLLOTAXES to get 323 words. PHYLLOTAXES itself is a real word: 26 points on a Scrabble board, 27 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, HYPOTAXES leads with 24 points. The 11 letters split into 3 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from PHYLLOTAXES by length: 1 with 11 letters, 4 with 9, 8 with 8, 34 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 36 with 2. None has 10 letters.
The best of the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble PHYLLOTAXES is ETHOXYL, 20 points; PHLOXES on 19 and OXYSALT on 17 follow. APOSTLE and PALLETS are everyday picks.
ETHOXY and HEXYLS are the top 6-letter words from PHYLLOTAXES, 19 points each. ALLOYS, EXPATS and ALLEYS will look familiar.
The best of the 5-letter words from PHYLLOTAXES is HEXYL, 18 points; EPOXY and PHLOX on 17 follow. TAXES, HELPS and LATEX are everyday picks.
Among the 4-letter words in PHYLLOTAXES, POXY leads with 16 points, then HOAX and SEXY on 14. HELP, PLAY and HOPE are the familiar ones.
PYX scores highest among the 3-letter words made with PHYLLOTAXES letters at 15 points, ahead of HEX and HOX on 13. HAS, HOT and TAX are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of PHYLLOTAXES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with PH · ending in ES · all 11-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; ETHOXYLS (21 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PHYLLOTAXES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHYLLOTAXES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 323) | 276 | 323 | 256 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PTYXES, POLLAXES, TALLYSHOP, EXTASY, POLLAXE, HOXES, HYPATES, SPYHOLE, HYPATE, HOX, THYLOSE, YEX and 35 more, 47 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: POXY, TALLYHOES, HEAPY, PLEX, TAXOLS, LAXES, PLAYSET, TAXOL, HOSEY, PLOYES, YEAHS, HEPS and 8 more, 20 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of PHYLLOTAXES and one more.