Unscramble EXCELSIOR and you have 243 words, EXCELSIOR itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from EXCELSIOR by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 7 with 7, 39 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 56 with 3 and 18 with 2.
4 of 39 6-letter words from EXCELSIOR tie at 15 points; none scores more. CLOSER, RELIES and EXCISE will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble EXCELSIOR, 4 score 14 points, the group's best. CLOSE, SCORE and EXCEL are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words made with EXCELSIOR letters, EXEC and OXIC tie for first at 13 points. CORE, LOSE and RICE are everyday picks.
COX scores highest among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble EXCELSIOR at 12 points, ahead of EXO and LEX on 10. SEE, OIL and SIX are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of EXCELSIOR, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with EX · ending in OR · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with EXORCISE (17 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
EXCELSIOR 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXCELSIOR itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 243) | 192 | 243 | 173 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 51 of them: COXIER, ISOLEX, OREXIS, EXIES, OXIES, SOREX, EXO, RECLOSE, CORIES, ESCROL, LORICS, SCLERE and 39 more. Words With Friends* skips 19 of them: EXILERS, EXILER, OXIC, OXERS, SEXER, SIXER, OXER, ECLOSE, LOCIES, LOCIE, LOCIS, CORS and 7 more.
This word takes every letter of EXCELSIOR plus a single extra one.