Unscramble EXANIMATION to get 291 words. EXANIMATION itself is a real word: 20 points on a Scrabble board, 23 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 20 points: EXAMINATION. The strongest shorter words are EXAMINANT and XENOMANIA, 18 points each. The 11 letters split into 6 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from EXANIMATION split into 2 with 11 letters, 6 with 9, 9 with 8, 23 with 7, 39 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 32 with 2. None has 10 letters.
EXANIMATION and 1 anagram, EXAMINATION, make up the 11-letter words in EXANIMATION; each scores 20 points.
Among 23 7-letter words from EXANIMATION, the top score is 16, reached by 4. MENTION and ANIMATE are the familiar ones.
39 6-letter words made with EXANIMATION letters; 4 of them share the top score of 15. NATION, INMATE and ANEMIA are everyday picks.
7 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble EXANIMATION tie at 14 points; none scores more. ANIME, MEANT and ANNEX will look familiar.
60 4-letter words from EXANIMATION; 7 of them share the top score of 13. NAME, NEXT and ITEM are everyday picks.
MAX and MIX share the top score of 12 among the 3-letter words in EXANIMATION. NOT, ONE and MAN are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of EXANIMATION but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with EX · ending in ON · all 11-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with EXAMINATION (20 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
EXANIMATION is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXANIMATION itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 291) | 233 | 290 | 215 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
57 of the 291 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EXANIMATION, XENOMANIA, MIXTION, AXINITE, MIXEN, MIXTE, XOANA, ANAMNIOTE, EXO, NOX, TEX, AMATION and 45 more. 18 of the 291 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ANTIMINE, ANTINOME, METANOIA, TIX, ANIMATI, EMANANT, AMENTA, AMNIO, MANAT, MENTO, ATONIA, MANI and 6 more. 1 of the 291 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: AMEX.
With one more tile, the letters of EXANIMATION spell the words below.