Unscramble EXCEL and you have 10 words, EXCEL itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. EXEC is the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. It has 5 letters, 2 vowels and 3 consonants.
CLEEX unscrambles to EXCEL: these are all the words its letters make. Looking for ceelx, xelec, cexle, celex, eelcx, lcexe, lcxee, xeelc or clexe? They use the same letters as EXCEL, so the words on this page are their answers too.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from EXCEL by length: 1 with 5 letters, 1 with 4, 5 with 3 and 3 with 2.
Just 1 of the 4-letter words in EXCEL: EXEC, for 13 points.
Keep every letter of EXCEL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 5-letter words: starting with EX · ending in EL · all 5-letter words
Add two letters to EXCEL:
What EXCEL means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept EXCEL, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXCEL itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 10) | 9 | 10 | 9 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
1 of the 10 answers is missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EE.
With one more tile, the letters of EXCEL spell the words below.