199 words come out when you unscramble SYNTAXES, starting with SYNTAXES itself: 18 in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from SYNTAXES split into 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 13 with 6, 48 with 5, 60 with 4, 55 with 3 and 19 with 2.
Among the 5-letter words from SYNTAXES, XYSTS leads with 15 points, then NEXTS and SAXES on 12. TAXES, ASSET and SEATS are the familiar ones.
SEXY and XYST are the top 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SYNTAXES, 14 points each. NEXT, EAST and EASY will look familiar.
YEX scores highest among the 3-letter words from SYNTAXES at 13 points, ahead of AXE and SAX on 10. ANY, SET and YES are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of SYNTAXES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with SY · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
The meaning of SYNTAXES, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. SYNTAXES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SYNTAXES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 199) | 145 | 198 | 131 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
53 of the 199 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SYNAXES, EXTASY, YEX, SAXE, STAYNES, TEX, NYASES, STAYNE, NYSSA, SAYNE, STEYS, SYENS and 41 more. 14 of the 199 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: NEXTS, EYASS, YAS, SENTS, STANS, TASES, ESTS, NAES, STAN, ATS, EST, SAN and 2 more. 1 of the 199 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: NESTY.