Unscramble EXCELLENCE and you have 20 words, EXCELLENCE itself among them: it scores 21 in Scrabble and 26 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is EXCEL, 14 points. 10 letters: 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from EXCELLENCE by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 5, 3 with 4, 9 with 3 and 5 with 2. None has 9, 8 or 7 letters.
Keep every letter of EXCELLENCE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with EX · ending in CE · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; EXCEL (14 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept EXCELLENCE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXCELLENCE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 20) | 15 | 20 | 15 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 5 of them: ECCE, NEELE, EEN, ENE and EE.
Each word below uses all the letters of EXCELLENCE and one more.