Hidden inside tantex is one standout: extant, a six-letter play worth 13 points in Scrabble — the ceiling for this rack. In all, 37 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
TANTEX isn’t a word itself: it unscrambles to EXTANT (adjective), still in existence, worth 13 points in Scrabble.
extant is the highest-scoring word from tantex, worth 13 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 37 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Unscrambling tantex produces exactly one six-letter word: extant. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 13 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in tantex produces 9 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with neat, next, tent, and text. For points, the strongest plays are next and text — each worth 11 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling tantex turns up 16 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ant, ate and eat. For points, the strongest plays are axe and tax — each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
There are 11 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in tantex. If a familiar word is all you need, start with an, at, and ex. For points, the strongest plays are ax and ex — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
1 seven-letter word can be made using all the letters in tantex plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in tantex and you get a different six-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 5 of the 6 letters, not all of them.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is extant, worth 13 points in Scrabble, and no other word from tantex earns more points in Scrabble. Words With Friends prices the same letters differently, so the top of the list changes on a Words With Friends board. Both scores count tile values only and exclude premium squares.
The letters in tantex produce 37 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 six-letter word, 9 four-letter words, 16 three-letter words and 11 two-letter words.