Unscramble EXCAVATION and you have 262 words, EXCAVATION itself among them: it scores 22 in Scrabble and 25 in Words With Friends. 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 EXCAVATION by length: 1 with 10 letters, 6 with 8, 8 with 7, 42 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2. None has 9 letters.
CONVEX tops the 6-letter words from EXCAVATION at 18 points; next come ANOXIC and ATAXIC on 15. ACTION, NOTICE and ACTIVE will look familiar.
VITEX and VIXEN share the top score of 15 among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble EXCAVATION. VOICE, OCEAN and EXACT are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words in EXCAVATION, VEXT leads with 14 points, then COAX and COXA on 13. NEXT, VOTE and ICON are the familiar ones.
VAX, VEX and VOX are the top 3-letter words made with EXCAVATION letters, 13 points each. CAN, TAX and ACT will look familiar.
Keep every letter of EXCAVATION but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with EX · ending in ON · all 10-letter words
The meaning of EXCAVATION, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
EXCAVATION works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXCAVATION itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 262) | 219 | 261 | 202 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ANTIVAX, VITEX, CAXON, XOANA, COVENT, INCAVE, INCAVO, EXO, NOX, TEX, ANOETIC, AVANTI and 30 more, 42 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: OXIC, VAX, COVINE, TIX, CAVA, NOVATE, CENTAI, ONCET, TACAN, ACAI, ATONIA, NAV and 5 more, 17 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: VON.
This word takes every letter of EXCAVATION plus a single extra one.