Unscramble SIXTEENTH and you have 210 words, SIXTEENTH itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are SIXTH, EXISTENT and HEXES, 15 points each. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from SIXTEENTH by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 6 with 7, 20 with 6, 59 with 5, 60 with 4, 45 with 3 and 18 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words made with SIXTEENTH letters: EXISTENT, for 15 points.
Of the 20 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SIXTEENTH, 4 score 13 points, the group's best. EXTENT and TENETS are the ones most people know.
HEXES and SIXTH are the top 5-letter words from SIXTEENTH, 15 points each. TEENS, SHEET and EXIST will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with SIXTEENTH letters, 6 score 11 points, the group's best. SITE, NEXT and THEN are the ones most people know.
The best of the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble SIXTEENTH is HEX, 13 points; NIX and SEX on 10 follow. SEE, ITS and SET are everyday picks.
These 5 words have the length of SIXTEENTH, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with SI · ending in TH · all 9-letter words
What SIXTEENTH means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SIXTEENTH, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SIXTEENTH itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 210) | 158 | 210 | 146 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EXTINES, EXTINE, EXIES, TEXES, HETTIES, TEX, HETTIE, SITHEE, SITHEN, THETES, ETHNE, HETES and 40 more, 52 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: NEXTS, TIX, SHITE, SHEN, TENESI, STENT, TEINS, ESNE, TEIN, EST, TES and TE, 12 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of SIXTEENTH spell the words below.