Unscramble EXAMPLAR and you have 152 words, EXAMPLAR itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. MALAX is the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from EXAMPLAR by length: 1 with 8 letters, 7 with 6, 28 with 5, 56 with 4, 43 with 3 and 17 with 2. None has 7 letters.
Among the 5-letter words made with EXAMPLAR letters, MALAX leads with 14 points, then LAXER and RELAX on 12. PEARL, ALARM and MAPLE are the familiar ones.
5 of 56 4-letter words you get when you unscramble EXAMPLAR tie at 13 points; none scores more. REAL, AREA and MALE will look familiar.
Keep every letter of EXAMPLAR but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with EX · ending in AR · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with APEX, EXAM, PLEX and PREX (13 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: EXAMPLAR is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXAMPLAR itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 152) | 117 | 150 | 110 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
34 of the 152 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EXAMPLAR, MALAX, EMPARL, LAMPER, PARMA, PELMA, PREM, RAMEAL, LEPRA, MAARE, MAERL, MARAE and 22 more. 6 of the 152 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PLEX, ARAME, AREPA, PARAE, RAMAL and MARA. 1 of the 152 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: AMEX. 1 of the 152 answers is missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: LARP.
Each word below uses all the letters of EXAMPLAR and one more.