Unscramble TOXAPHENE and you have 191 words, TOXAPHENE itself among them: it scores 21 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
T1O1X8A1P34H43E1N12E1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from TOXAPHENE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 6 with 7, 9 with 6, 27 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 28 with 2. None has 8 letters.
THANX tops the 5-letter words from TOXAPHENE at 15 points; next come EXPAT on 14 and AXONE on 12. PHONE, EATEN and TAXON will look familiar.
HOAX scores highest among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble TOXAPHENE at 14 points, ahead of APEX and EXPO on 13. NEXT, THEN and OPEN are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words from TOXAPHENE, HEX and HOX tie for first at 13 points. TOP, HOT and TAX are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of TOXAPHENE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with TO · ending in NE · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by HEXANE and HEXONE (16 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. TOXAPHENE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TOXAPHENE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 191) | 157 | 191 | 150 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: THANX, HOX, EXEAT, EXO, NOX, PHENE, PHEON, TEX, EOTHEN, HEPT, AHENT, EATHE and 22 more, 34 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PHEO, NEPETA, PHO, APO, OPA, PO and TE, 7 in all.
This word takes every letter of TOXAPHENE plus a single extra one.