Unscramble VORTEXES and you have 180 words, VORTEXES itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, VERTEX, VORTEX and VEXERS lead with 16 points. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from VORTEXES by length: 1 with 8 letters, 6 with 7, 21 with 6, 48 with 5, 52 with 4, 38 with 3 and 14 with 2.
VEXER and VEXES are the top 5-letter words you get when you unscramble VORTEXES, 15 points each. STORE, SERVE and VOTES will look familiar.
The best of the 4-letter words from VORTEXES is VEXT, 14 points; EXES and OXER on 11 follow. OVER, EVER and SORT are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of VORTEXES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with VO · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
What VORTEXES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
VORTEXES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| VORTEXES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 180) | 147 | 180 | 138 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 33 of them: RETOXES, XEROTES, RETOX, SOREX, TEXES, ESTOVER, EXO, TEX, STERVE, EREVS, EVETS, EREV and 21 more. Words With Friends* skips 9 of them: OXERS, SEXER, OXER, SEV, TERES, TRES, EST, TES and TE.
These 2 words take every letter of VORTEXES plus a single extra one.