Unscramble TAXES and you have 45 words, TAXES itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of TAXES is on the page: TEXAS, each 12 points. The 5 letters split into 2 vowels and 3 consonants.
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By length, the words from TAXES split into 2 with 5 letters, 13 with 4, 19 with 3 and 11 with 2.
Trade one tile of TAXES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 5-letter words: starting with TA · ending in ES · all 5-letter words
TAXES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. TAXES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TAXES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 45) | 39 | 45 | 34 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SAXE, TEX, TAES, EAS, EA and ST, 6 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: TASE, ATS, EST, TES and TE, 5 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of TAXES and one more.