Unscramble EXEGETES and you have 31 words, EXEGETES itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
E1X8E1G23E1T1E1S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from EXEGETES split into 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 5 with 5, 7 with 4, 11 with 3 and 6 with 2. None has 6 letters.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
There is a single one of the 7-letter words made with EXEGETES letters: EXEGETE, 15 points.
Keep every letter of EXEGETES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with EX · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
EXEGETES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. EXEGETES is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the Words With Friends list.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXEGETES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 31) | 27 | 31 | 24 |
* NWL2023 (US), Collins CSW24 (UK); *the Words With Friends list changes.
4 of the 31 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TEXES, TEX, EE and ST. 3 of the 31 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: EST, TES and TE.