Unscramble XYSTUS and you have 13 words, XYSTUS itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. XYSTS is the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. The 6 letters split into 1 vowel and 5 consonants.
X8Y43S1T1U12S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from XYSTUS by length: 1 with 6 letters, 1 with 5, 1 with 4, 5 with 3 and 5 with 2.
XYSTS is the only one of the 5-letter words in XYSTUS; it scores 15 points.
Just 1 of the 4-letter words made with XYSTUS letters: XYST, for 14 points.
Keep every letter of XYSTUS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 6-letter words: starting with X · ending in US · all 6-letter words
What XYSTUS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
XYSTUS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| XYSTUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 13) | 10 | 13 | 9 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 3 of them: YUS, YU and ST. Words With Friends* skips 1 of them: SUS.