Unscramble URBEX to get 18 words. URBEX itself is a real word: 14 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 14 points: EXURB. BRUX is the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. 5 letters: 2 vowels and 3 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from URBEX by length: 2 with 5 letters, 2 with 4, 8 with 3 and 6 with 2.
Keep every letter of URBEX but one, change that one, and you get:
More 5-letter words: starting with UR · ending in X · all 5-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by EXURB (14 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
URBEX is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| URBEX itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 18) | 14 | 18 | 13 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: URBEX, BRU, URE and UR, 4 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BRUX.
Each word below uses all the letters of URBEX and one more.