Unscramble EXCAVATIONS to get 356 words. EXCAVATIONS itself is a real word: 23 points on a Scrabble board, 26 in Words With Friends. 11 letters: 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from EXCAVATIONS by length: 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 5 with 9, 19 with 8, 58 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 32 with 2.
EXCAVATION is the only one of the 10-letter words made with EXCAVATIONS letters; it scores 22 points.
VEXATION tops the 8-letter words from EXCAVATIONS at 18 points; next come EXACTION and EXCITONS on 17. VACATION will look familiar.
ANTIVAX scores highest among the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble EXCAVATIONS at 17 points, ahead of ATAXICS and COEXIST on 16. SECTION, ACTIONS and NOTICES are the ones most people know.
Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble EXCAVATIONS, CONVEX leads with 18 points, then VIXENS on 16 and ANOXIC on 15. ACTIVE, NATIVE and VOICES are the familiar ones.
VAXES, VITEX and VIXEN are the top 5-letter words from EXCAVATIONS, 15 points each. VOICE, TAXES and EXIST will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words in EXCAVATIONS, VEXT leads with 14 points, then COAX and COXA on 13. NEXT, SAVE and VICE are the familiar ones.
VAX, VEX and VOX share the top score of 13 among the 3-letter words made with EXCAVATIONS letters. CAN, TAX and ACT are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of EXCAVATIONS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with EX · ending in NS · all 11-letter words
What EXCAVATIONS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. EXCAVATIONS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXCAVATIONS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 356) | 301 | 355 | 277 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ANTIVAX, COXIEST, ANATEXIS, CAXONS, SAXONITE, VITEX, CAXON, CISTVAEN, COVENTS, INCAVES, NOXES, OXIES and 42 more, 54 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: VAXES, COINVEST, OXIC, VAX, COVINES, NEXTS, COVINE, CAVAS, NOVATES, TIX, VANITAS, CAVA and 12 more, 24 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: VON.