161 words come out when you unscramble EXACTING, starting with EXACTING itself: 18 in Scrabble, 21 in Words With Friends. INEXACT is the best of the shorter words, at 16 points. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from EXACTING by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 14 with 6, 20 with 5, 53 with 4, 53 with 3 and 19 with 2.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words made with EXACTING letters: INEXACT, for 16 points.
4 of 53 4-letter words from EXACTING tie at 11 points; none scores more. NEXT, NICE and ANTI will look familiar.
Among 53 3-letter words in EXACTING, the top score is 10, reached by 5. CAN, GET and TAX are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of EXACTING for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with EX · ending in NG · all 8-letter words
EXACTING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept EXACTING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXACTING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 161) | 129 | 161 | 116 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
32 of the 161 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TEX, ANETIC, CANG, ENIAC, TAEING, TANGIE, TEAING, ANCE, CAG, NGATI, TANGI, TICE and 20 more. 13 of the 161 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: EXING, TIX, CENTAI, TAGINE, CIG, GEAN, GITE, TEC, NEG, TEIN, TIAN, GI and 1 more.