240 words come out when you unscramble SEXTAINS, starting with SEXTAINS itself: 15 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
S1E1X8T1A1I1N12S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from SEXTAINS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 10 with 7, 30 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 57 with 3 and 22 with 2.
Of the 30 6-letter words made with SEXTAINS letters, 9 score 13 points, the group's best. EXISTS, SAINTS and STAINS are the ones most people know.
13 of 60 5-letter words from SEXTAINS tie at 12 points; none scores more. SITES, SAINT and TAXES will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SEXTAINS, 8 score 11 points, the group's best. SITE, NEXT and EAST are the ones most people know.
Among 57 3-letter words you get when you unscramble SEXTAINS, the top score is 10, reached by 9. ITS, SET and TAX are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of SEXTAINS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with SE · ending in NS · all 8-letter words
What SEXTAINS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. SEXTAINS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEXTAINS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 240) | 191 | 240 | 176 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SAXE, TEX, SASINE, SIENTS, SNASTE, STEANS, ISNAE, NATIS, NISSE, SAINE, SAIST, SANTS and 37 more, 49 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: TAXISES, SAXIST, NEXTS, TIX, SEITANS, SEITAN, SENTS, STANS, ESTS, NAES, ATS, EST and 3 more, 15 in all.
This word takes every letter of SEXTAINS plus a single extra one.