Unscramble EXCRETORY and you have 116 words, EXCRETORY itself among them: it scores 21 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. COEXERT and COXY are the best of the shorter words, at 16 points. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
E1X8C34R1E1T1O1R1Y43
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from EXCRETORY by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 7, 3 with 6, 19 with 5, 40 with 4, 37 with 3 and 13 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Among the 4-letter words from EXCRETORY, COXY leads with 16 points, then ORYX on 14 and EXEC on 13. TREE, CORE and CERT are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of EXCRETORY for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with EX · ending in RY · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with COEXERT (16 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept EXCRETORY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXCRETORY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 116) | 94 | 116 | 86 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 22 of them: COXY, YEX, RETOX, CERTY, COREY, EXO, TEX, CYTE, RORTY, TRYER, EYOT, RORY and 10 more. Words With Friends* skips 8 of them: OXER, CRYER, YEET, CERT, YER, ECO, TEC and TE.
Each word below uses all the letters of EXCRETORY and one more.