Unscramble EXCEPTING to get 134 words. EXCEPTING itself is a real word: 21 points on a Scrabble board, 25 in Words With Friends. EXCEPTING has 1 anagram here, EXPECTING, scoring 21 like EXCEPTING itself. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from EXCEPTING by length: 2 with 9 letters, 3 with 7, 13 with 6, 17 with 5, 40 with 4, 46 with 3 and 13 with 2. None has 8 letters.
EXEC tops the 4-letter words made with EXCEPTING letters at 13 points; next come EXIT and NEXT on 11. TEEN, NICE and GENE will look familiar.
The best of the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble EXCEPTING is PIX, 12 points; NIX and TEX on 10 follow. GET, NET and TEN are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of EXCEPTING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with EX · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
EXCEPTING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
EXCEPTING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXCEPTING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 134) | 105 | 134 | 95 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
29 of the 134 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EXTINE, PENTICE, PEINCT, PICENE, PIECEN, TEX, CTENE, GEEP, NEPIT, PENIE, EIGNE, PENE and 17 more. 10 of the 134 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: EXING, TIX, CIG, TENGE, GITE, TEC, NEG, TEIN, GI and TE.
With one more tile, the letters of EXCEPTING spell the words below.