Unscramble EXCEPTION to get 191 words. EXCEPTION itself is a real word: 20 points on a Scrabble board, 23 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, EXCEPT and EXPECT lead with 17 points. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from EXCEPTION by length: 1 with 9 letters, 6 with 7, 23 with 6, 29 with 5, 60 with 4, 51 with 3 and 21 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Among the 6-letter words made with EXCEPTION letters, EXCEPT and EXPECT tie for first at 17 points. NOTICE, EXOTIC and EXCITE are everyday picks.
TOXIC and XENIC share the top score of 14 among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble EXCEPTION. POINT, TOPIC and PIECE are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words from EXCEPTION, EXEC, EXPO and OXIC tie for first at 13 points. NEXT, OPEN and TEEN are everyday picks.
The 3-letter words you get when you unscramble EXCEPTION are led by COX, PIX and POX, 12 points each. NOT, ONE and TOP are the familiar ones.
These 6 words have the length of EXCEPTION, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with EX · ending in ON · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with EXCEPT and EXPECT (17 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. EXCEPTION 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXCEPTION itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 191) | 154 | 191 | 144 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EXTINE, PENTICE, EXO, NOX, PEINCT, PICENE, PICOTE, PIECEN, PONTIC, TEX, PONTIE, CTENE and 25 more, 37 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: OXIC, TIX, COPI, ONCET, ECO, TEC, PO, TEIN, OI and TE, 10 in all.
These 2 words take every letter of EXCEPTION plus a single extra one.