Unscramble PYXIDES to get 85 words. PYXIDES itself is a real word: 20 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. 7 letters: 2 vowels and 5 consonants. PYXIDES as a single 7-tile play makes 70 in Scrabble, 20 plus the 50 bonus, and 55 in Words With Friends (20 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from PYXIDES split into 1 with 7 letters, 1 with 6, 11 with 5, 27 with 4, 33 with 3 and 12 with 2.
Just 1 of the 6-letter words in PYXIDES: PYXIES, for 18 points.
PIXY scores highest among the 4-letter words from PYXIDES at 16 points, ahead of DEXY and DIXY on 15. SIDE, DIES and PIES are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of PYXIDES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with PY · ending in ES · all 7-letter words
PYXIDES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. PYXIDES is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PYXIDES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 85) | 70 | 85 | 62 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
15 of the 85 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PYXED, DIXY, YEX, SYPED, SYPE, SPIDE, SYED, PISE, SEY, SPIE, SYE, DEI and 3 more. 8 of the 85 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: XED, YEPS, PEDIS, DEPS, PEDI, DEP, DESI and EDS.