Unscramble EXCLAIMS and you have 225 words, EXCLAIMS itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 19 points: CLIMAXES. EXCLAIM and CASEMIX are the best of the shorter words, at 18 points. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from EXCLAIMS split into 2 with 8 letters, 5 with 7, 24 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 55 with 3 and 19 with 2.
CLIMAX tops the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble EXCLAIMS at 17 points; next come ALEXIC and CALXES on 15. CLAIMS, EMAILS and MALICE will look familiar.
Among the 5-letter words from EXCLAIMS, CIMEX leads with 16 points, then CALIX and EXAMS on 14. EMAIL, MILES and CLAIM are the familiar ones.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble EXCLAIMS; 4 of them share the top score of 13. MAIL, CASE and CAME are everyday picks.
The 3-letter words from EXCLAIMS are led by MAX and MIX, 12 points each. SIX, SEA and ICE are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of EXCLAIMS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with EX · ending in MS · all 8-letter words
EXCLAIMS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. EXCLAIMS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXCLAIMS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 225) | 183 | 224 | 170 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
41 of the 225 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CASEMIX, LAXISM, LIMAX, SALIX, LIMACES, SAXE, CLAMES, MALEIC, MASCLE, MELICS, SCAMEL, CLAME and 29 more. 13 of the 225 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CALIXES, ALEXIC, LAXES, CAMIS, EMICS, CAMI, EMAILS, MICS, EMAIL, MIC, CALS, CAL and 1 more. 1 of the 225 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: AMEX.