Unscramble EXCRESCENCE to get 72 words. EXCRESCENCE itself is a real word: 24 points on a Scrabble board, 28 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is EXECS, 14 points. 11 letters: 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
E1X8C34R1E1S1C34E1N12C34E1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from EXCRESCENCE by length: 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 7, 9 with 6, 15 with 5, 21 with 4, 18 with 3 and 7 with 2. None has 10, 9 or 8 letters.
RECENSE is the only one of the 7-letter words made with EXCRESCENCE letters; it scores 9 points.
Keep every letter of EXCRESCENCE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with EX · ending in CE · all 11-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; EXECS (14 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
EXCRESCENCE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXCRESCENCE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 72) | 53 | 72 | 51 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: RECENSE, CERNES, ECCE, SCERNE, CERNE, CREES, CENS, CREE, NEESE, REENS, ENES, ERES and 7 more, 19 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SEXER and ESNE, 2 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of EXCRESCENCE spell the words below.