Unscramble excursus

78 words come out when you unscramble EXCURSUS, starting with EXCURSUS itself: 17 in Scrabble, 20 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is CRUXES, 15 points. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.

Looking for cruxsues, curessux, userscux, cusserux, cursesux or uxcurses? They use the same letters as EXCURSUS, so the words on this page are their answers too.

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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.

Possible Words From excursus

Words from EXCURSUS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 9 with 6, 17 with 5, 25 with 4, 19 with 3 and 7 with 2. None has 7 letters.

8 Letter Words You Can Make with excursus

6 Letter Words You Can Make with excursus

The best of the 6-letter words in EXCURSUS is CRUXES, 15 points; CRUSES and CURSES on 8 follow.

5 Letter Words You Can Make with excursus

XERUS scores highest among the 5-letter words made with EXCURSUS letters at 12 points, ahead of CRESS and CRUES on 7. USERS, CURSE and CURES are the ones most people know.

4 Letter Words You Can Make with excursus

Among the 4-letter words from EXCURSUS, CRUX leads with 13 points, then CESS and CRUE on 6. USER, SURE and USES are the familiar ones.

3 Letter Words You Can Make with excursus

REX and SEX are the top 3-letter words you get when you unscramble EXCURSUS, 10 points each. USE, SEC and CUE will look familiar.

2 Letter Words You Can Make with excursus

EX and XU share the top score of 9 among the 2-letter words from EXCURSUS. US is the one most people know.

EXCURSUS With One Letter Changed

Keep every letter of EXCURSUS but one, change that one, and you get:

More 8-letter words: starting with EX · ending in US · all 8-letter words

Meanings of the Strongest EXCURSUS Answers

EXCURSUS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.

Scrabble · Words With Friends points

EXCURSUS 17 · 20
a long appended exposition of a topic
CRUXES 15 · 17
a basic or decisive point
CRUX 13 · 15
a basic or decisive point
XERUS 12 · 13
an African ground squirrel
REX 10 · 10
a king
SEX 10 · 10
to identify the reproductive category of
EX 9 · 9
to cross out
XU 9 · 10
a monetary unit of Vietnam

Can You Play EXCURSUS in Scrabble and Words With Friends?

Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept EXCURSUS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.

GameScrabble USScrabble UKWords With Friends*
EXCURSUS itselfYesYesYes
Answers accepted (of 78)597857

* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.

Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CURSUS, RUSCUS, CRUES, SCURS, SCUSE, CRUE, RUCS, SCUR, USURES, RESUS, RUC, RUSSE and 7 more, 19 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CRU and SUS, 2 in all.

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