Unscramble EXAPTIVE to get 83 words. EXAPTIVE itself is a real word: 20 points on a Scrabble board, 22 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, EXPIATE leads with 16 points. It has 8 letters, 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
E1X8A1P34T1I1V45E1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from EXAPTIVE by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 8 with 5, 18 with 4, 39 with 3 and 16 with 2. None has 6 letters.
EXPIATE is the only one of the 7-letter words in EXAPTIVE; it scores 16 points.
Keep every letter of EXAPTIVE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with EX · ending in VE · all 8-letter words
What EXAPTIVE means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept EXAPTIVE, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXAPTIVE itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 83) | 70 | 83 | 65 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
13 of the 83 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: VITEX, EXEAT, TEX, PAV, EVET, VIAE, VITE, PIET, VAE, ITA, TAI, EA and 1 more. 5 of the 83 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: EXAPTIVE, VAX, TIX, VAPE and TE.