Unscramble SPINIFEX and you have 98 words, SPINIFEX itself among them: it scores 20 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, INFIXES leads with 17 points. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from SPINIFEX by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 3 with 6, 19 with 5, 30 with 4, 30 with 3 and 14 with 2.
INFIXES is the only one of the 7-letter words in SPINIFEX; it scores 17 points.
NIXE scores highest among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SPINIFEX at 11 points, ahead of SPIF on 9 and FEIS on 7. FINE, PINE and SPIN are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of SPINIFEX but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with SP · ending in EX · all 8-letter words
SPINIFEX first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SPINIFEX, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPINIFEX itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 98) | 74 | 97 | 72 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 23 of them: ENFIX, SPIF, FENIS, NIEFS, NIFES, PINIES, FEIS, FENI, FINI, NEFS, NIEF, NIFE and 11 more. Words With Friends* skips 2 of them: FES and FE. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: FI.