Unscramble EXCORTICATING to get 432 words. EXCORTICATING itself is a real word: 25 points on a Scrabble board, 29 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, EXCORIATING and EXTRICATING lead with 21 points. The 13 letters split into 5 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Counting the words from EXCORTICATING by length: 1 with 13 letters, 4 with 11, 9 with 10, 27 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 31 with 2. None has 12 letters.
Among the 11-letter words in EXCORTICATING, EXCORIATING and EXTRICATING tie for first at 21 points.
EXTRACTING scores highest among the 10-letter words made with EXCORTICATING letters at 20 points, ahead of EXCITATION and EXTRACTION on 19. RECITATION is the one most people know.
EXCITONIC tops the 9-letter words from EXCORTICATING at 20 points; next come TOXIGENIC on 19 and ANTITOXIC on 18. ITERATION, INTRICATE and ORIGINATE will look familiar.
CICATRIX scores highest among the 8-letter words you get when you unscramble EXCORTICATING at 19 points, ahead of EXACTING and EXCITING on 18. CONTRACT, CREATING and CREATION are the ones most people know.
The best of the 7-letter words made with EXCORTICATING letters is COAXING, 17 points; CONTEXT and EXACTOR on 16 follow. CONTACT, CONCERT and EXTRACT are everyday picks.
Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble EXCORTICATING, COXING leads with 16 points, then ANOXIC and AXENIC on 15. CANCER, RACING and ACTING are the familiar ones.
7 of 60 5-letter words from EXCORTICATING tie at 14 points; none scores more. EXTRA, EXACT and GRACE will look familiar.
COAX, COXA and OXIC share the top score of 13 among the 4-letter words in EXCORTICATING. NEXT, CARE and TEXT are the ones most people know.
COX tops the 3-letter words made with EXCORTICATING letters at 12 points; next come GOX on 11 and AXE on 10. CAN, GET and CAR will look familiar.
Keep every letter of EXCORTICATING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 13-letter words: starting with EX · ending in NG · all 13-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with EXCITONIC, EXTRACTING and EXTRICATION (20 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts EXCORTICATING, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXCORTICATING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 432) | 345 | 432 | 320 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EXCORTICATING, NEGOTIATRIX, TANOREXIC, XERANTIC, EXTATIC, GENITRIX, OXTERING, RETOXING, COXIER, TETRAXON, AXINITE, CAXON and 75 more, 87 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: TEXTING, ACROGENIC, CORTICATE, EXING, OXIC, RECOATING, TICCING, OXER, ACTIONER, CORNETTI, COTINGA, OCICAT and 13 more, 25 in all.