165 words come out when you unscramble EXACERBATE, starting with EXACERBATE itself: 21 in Scrabble, 23 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, EXECRATE leads with 17 points. 10 letters: 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from EXACERBATE by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 8, 8 with 7, 12 with 6, 40 with 5, 44 with 4, 42 with 3 and 16 with 2. None has 9 letters.
XEBEC tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble EXACERBATE at 16 points; next come CAREX and EXACT on 14. EXTRA, TRACE and REACT will look familiar.
EXEC scores highest among the 4-letter words from EXACERBATE at 13 points, ahead of TAXA on 11 and ABAC on 8. AREA, CARE and RATE are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of EXACERBATE for another and you can spell this word:
More 10-letter words: starting with EX · ending in TE · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by EXECRATE (17 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. EXACERBATE is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXACERBATE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 165) | 137 | 165 | 132 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BAXTER, EXARATE, EXEAT, TEX, ABCEE, CABRE, ABAC, ACATER, CABA, ABEAR, BAC, BEARE and 16 more, 28 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BARCA, CERT, BAE, TEC and TE, 5 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of EXACERBATE spell the words below.