Unscramble EXCURSED to get 172 words. EXCURSED itself is a real word: 18 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is EXCUSED, 17 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.
Words from EXCURSED by length: 1 with 8 letters, 8 with 7, 19 with 6, 45 with 5, 55 with 4, 34 with 3 and 10 with 2.
EXECS tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble EXCURSED at 14 points; next come DESEX and DEXES on 13. CRUDE, CURSE and REUSE will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words from EXCURSED, CRUX and EXEC tie for first at 13 points. USED, USER and SURE are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of EXCURSED for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with EX · ending in ED · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with EXCUSED (17 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
EXCURSED is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXCURSED itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 172) | 142 | 172 | 135 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
30 of the 172 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EXCURSED, EXCURSE, DUXES, DUX, CESURE, CREES, CRUES, CREE, CRUE, DERES, RUCS, RUDES and 18 more. 7 of the 172 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: EXED, SEXER, XED, CREDS, CRED, CRU and EDS.
With one more tile, the letters of EXCURSED spell the words below.