Unscramble SEXTANTS to get 160 words. SEXTANTS itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, SEXTANT and SEXTANS lead with 14 points. The 8 letters split into 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from SEXTANTS split into 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 11 with 6, 40 with 5, 54 with 4, 37 with 3 and 15 with 2.
40 5-letter words from SEXTANTS; 6 of them share the top score of 12. STATE, TESTS and TAXES are everyday picks.
5 of 54 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SEXTANTS tie at 11 points; none scores more. NEXT, TEXT and TEST will look familiar.
Trade one tile of SEXTANTS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with SE · ending in TS · all 8-letter words
What SEXTANTS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. SEXTANTS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEXTANTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 160) | 132 | 160 | 117 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
28 of the 160 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SAXE, TEX, SNASTE, STEANS, ETATS, SANTS, SEANS, SENAS, STEAN, STENS, EANS, ENTS and 16 more. 15 of the 160 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: NEXTS, STENTS, SENTS, STANS, STENT, TASES, ESTS, NAES, STAN, TASE, ATS, EST and 3 more.