Unscramble SUPERTAX and you have 232 words, SUPERTAX itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. ARUSPEX is the best of the shorter words, at 16 points. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
S1U12P34E1R1T1A1X8
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from SUPERTAX split into 1 with 8 letters, 5 with 7, 25 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
Of the 25 6-letter words in SUPERTAX, 4 score 15 points, the group's best. EXTRAS and EXPATS are the ones most people know.
Among the 5-letter words from SUPERTAX, EXPAT and PAXES tie for first at 14 points. PARTS, EXTRA and TAXES are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SUPERTAX are led by APEX and PREX, 13 points each. PART, ARTS and PAST are the familiar ones.
The best of the 3-letter words from SUPERTAX is PAX, 12 points; AXE and RAX on 10 follow. ARE, SET and ART are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of SUPERTAX but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with SU · ending in AX · all 8-letter words
What SUPERTAX means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SUPERTAX works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUPERTAX itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 232) | 200 | 232 | 194 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SAXE, TEX, PEARST, PETARS, TRAPSE, UPREST, APERT, PATUS, PERST, PERTS, PETAR, PUERS and 20 more, 32 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: URPS, PST, URP, ATS, EST and TE, 6 in all.