Unscramble POLLAXED and you have 142 words, POLLAXED itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from POLLAXED split into 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 8 with 6, 22 with 5, 43 with 4, 47 with 3 and 20 with 2.
There is a single one of the 7-letter words in POLLAXED: POLLAXE, 16 points.
APEX, EXPO and PLEX are the top 4-letter words from POLLAXED, 13 points each. LEAD, DEAL and LOAD will look familiar.
The 3-letter words you get when you unscramble POLLAXED are led by PAX and POX, 12 points each. ALL, OLD and LED are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of POLLAXED but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with PO · ending in ED · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with PLEXAL, POLEAX, POLLEX and POXED (15 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: POLLAXED is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| POLLAXED itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 142) | 116 | 142 | 105 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: POLLAXED, POLLAXE, PODEX, LAXED, EXO, DALLOP, OPALED, APODE, PAEDO, PODAL, OLPAE, ALOED and 14 more, 26 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PLEX, DOX, XED, PALEO, DEP, APO, OLDE, OPA, ODA, PO and DA, 11 in all.