213 words come out when you unscramble SAXOPHONE, starting with SAXOPHONE itself: 21 in Scrabble, 22 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from SAXOPHONE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 7, 9 with 6, 54 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 28 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words made with SAXOPHONE letters: HEXOSAN, for 17 points.
Among the 5-letter words from SAXOPHONE, HOXES leads with 15 points, then EXPOS and PAXES on 14. PHONE, PHASE and SHAPE are the familiar ones.
HOAX tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SAXOPHONE at 14 points; next come APEX and EXPO on 13. SHOP, HOPE and SHOE will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble SAXOPHONE, HEX and HOX tie for first at 13 points. HAS, HOP and PAN are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of SAXOPHONE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with SA · ending in NE · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; HEXOSAN (17 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SAXOPHONE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAXOPHONE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 213) | 174 | 213 | 156 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 39 of them: HOXES, HOX, NOXES, PHEONS, SAXE, EXO, NOX, PHEON, POSHO, SHOPE, HESP, PAHS and 27 more. Words With Friends* skips 18 of them: PHEOS, HEPS, PHEO, PHOS, PHO, HAOS, SHEN, AHS, APOS, HOO, HOS, SHO and 6 more.
With one more tile, the letters of SAXOPHONE spell the words below.