Unscramble SEXTANS and you have 124 words, SEXTANS itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. It has 7 letters, 2 vowels and 5 consonants. All 7 tiles of SEXTANS in one turn: 64 in Scrabble (14 + 50), 50 in Words With Friends (15 + 35).
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from SEXTANS by length: 1 with 7 letters, 6 with 6, 26 with 5, 42 with 4, 34 with 3 and 15 with 2.
Of the 42 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SEXTANS, 4 score 11 points, the group's best. NEXT, EAST and SENT are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of SEXTANS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 7-letter words: starting with SE · ending in NS · all 7-letter words
What SEXTANS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SEXTANS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEXTANS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 124) | 98 | 124 | 85 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
26 of the 124 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SAXE, TEX, SNASTE, STEANS, SANTS, SEANS, SENAS, STEAN, STENS, EANS, ENTS, NATS and 14 more. 13 of the 124 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: NEXTS, SENTS, STANS, TASES, ESTS, NAES, STAN, TASE, ATS, EST, SAN, TES and 1 more.
These 3 words take every letter of SEXTANS plus a single extra one.