Hidden inside taxies sit axites and taxies, six-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 13 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 69 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
axites and taxies tie for the highest Scrabble score from taxies at 13 points. The top 10 of 69 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 six-letter words hiding in taxies: one comes from rearranging its letters, and taxies itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. If a familiar word is all you need, start with taxies. For points, the strongest plays are axites and taxies — each worth 13 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 7 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in taxies. If a familiar word is all you need, start with exist, exits, taxes, and taxis. For points, the strongest plays are axite, exist, exits, sixte, taxes, taxis, and texas — each worth 12 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in taxies produces 18 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with east, eats, exit, seat, site, taxi, and teas. For points, the strongest plays are axes, axis, exit, sext, and taxi — each worth 11 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling taxies turns up 27 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ate, eat, its, sat, sea, set, and sex. For points, the strongest plays are axe, sax, sex, six, tax, tix, 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 15 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in taxies. If a familiar word is all you need, start with as, at, ex, is, and it. For points, the strongest plays are ax, ex, and xi — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Swap a single tile in taxies 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.
taxies 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 taxies carries the same value on a Scrabble board and on a Words With Friends board.
taxies is one of two six-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing taxies unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are axites and taxies, worth 13 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from taxies 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 taxies produce 69 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 six-letter words, 7 five-letter words, 18 four-letter words, 27 three-letter words and 15 two-letter words.