Unscramble SPHINXES to get 130 words. SPHINXES itself is a real word: 20 points on a Scrabble board, 21 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, SPHINX and PHENIX lead with 18 points. It has 8 letters, 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
Looking for spinshex, sspnxihe or hesspinx? They use the same letters as SPHINXES, so the words on this page are their answers too.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from SPHINXES by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 7 with 6, 25 with 5, 46 with 4, 36 with 3 and 14 with 2.
HIPNESS is the only one of the 7-letter words made with SPHINXES letters; it scores 12 points.
PIXES tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SPHINXES at 14 points; next come NIXES and SIXES on 12. SHIPS, SHINE and SPIES will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words from SPHINXES, NIXE leads with 11 points, then HEPS and HESP on 9. SHIP, PINE and SPIN are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of SPHINXES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with SP · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
The meaning of SPHINXES, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SPHINXES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPHINXES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 130) | 105 | 130 | 101 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
25 of the 130 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HESPS, HESP, NISHES, ISHES, EISH, NESH, NISH, PISES, EHS, ISH, NEPS, PENI and 13 more. 4 of the 130 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: HEPS, SESH, SHEN and SEPS.