177 words come out when you unscramble POLLAXES, starting with POLLAXES itself: 17 in Scrabble, 20 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are EXPOSAL and POLLAXE, 16 points each. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from POLLAXES by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 8 with 6, 40 with 5, 60 with 4, 48 with 3 and 18 with 2.
EXPOS, PAXES and POXES share the top score of 14 among the 5-letter words from POLLAXES. POLLS, SPELL and SLOPE are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble POLLAXES, APEX, EXPO and PLEX tie for first at 13 points. ALSO, SALE and SELL are everyday picks.
The 3-letter words you get when you unscramble POLLAXES are led by PAX and POX, 12 points each. ALL, SEA and SPA are the familiar ones.
These 6 words have the length of POLLAXES, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with PO · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with EXPOSAL (16 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
POLLAXES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| POLLAXES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 177) | 149 | 177 | 139 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 28 of them: POLLAXES, POLLAXE, SAXE, EXO, ELLOPS, SPALLE, ELOPS, OLPAE, OLPES, PELAS, PELLS, SALOP and 16 more. Words With Friends* skips 10 of them: PLEX, LAXES, PALEOS, PALEO, APOS, OPAS, APO, OPA, POS and PO.