Unscramble EXCUSING and you have 119 words, EXCUSING itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from EXCUSING by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 6 with 6, 20 with 5, 35 with 4, 41 with 3 and 15 with 2.
There is a single one of the 7-letter words made with EXCUSING letters: CUEINGS, 10 points.
XENIC scores highest among the 5-letter words from EXCUSING at 14 points, ahead of EXING on 13 and NEXUS on 12. USING, GENUS and SUING are the ones most people know.
NIXE tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble EXCUSING at 11 points; next come CIGS and SCUG on 7. SIGN, NICE and GUNS will look familiar.
Keep every letter of EXCUSING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with EX · ending in NG · all 8-letter words
What EXCUSING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
EXCUSING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXCUSING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 119) | 96 | 119 | 84 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CUEINGS, SCUNGE, CUNEI, SCUG, UNCES, CENS, UNCE, GUES, INGS, SNIG, GUE, GUS and 11 more, 23 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: EXING, CIGS, CIG, NEGS, NUGS, GIS, NEG, NUG, SIG, UNIS, GI and UNI, 12 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of EXCUSING spell the words below.