six and xis tie for the highest Scrabble score from xis at 10 points. The top 5 of 5 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 three-letter words hiding in xis: one comes from rearranging its letters, and xis itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. If a familiar word is all you need, start with six. For points, the strongest plays are six and xis — each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 3 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in xis. If a familiar word is all you need, start with is. For points, the strongest play is xi — worth 9 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
1 four-letter word can be made using all the letters in xis plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in xis and you get a different three-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 2 of the 3 letters, not all of them.
xis is in the NWL, the official Scrabble word list for North America, and in the Words With Friends dictionary, so it's playable exactly as it stands and needs no unscrambling.
Both totals match, because every tile in xis carries the same value on a Scrabble board and on a Words With Friends board.
xis is one of two three-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing xis unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are six and xis, worth 10 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from xis 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 xis produce 5 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 three-letter words and 3 two-letter words.