48 words come out when you unscramble EXCELLENT, starting with EXCELLENT itself: 18 in Scrabble, 22 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
E1X8C34E1L12L12E1N12T1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from EXCELLENT by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 6, 6 with 5, 15 with 4, 17 with 3 and 7 with 2. None has 8 or 7 letters.
Trade one tile of EXCELLENT for another and you can spell these 2 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with EX · ending in NT · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; EXCEL (14 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
EXCELLENT 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXCELLENT itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 48) | 35 | 48 | 33 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 13 of them: TEX, CTENE, LEETLE, TELLEN, NEELE, TEENE, ETEN, NETE, TENE, EEN, ELT, ENE and 1 more. Words With Friends* skips 2 of them: TEC and TE.