Unscramble EXERGIES to get 78 words. EXERGIES itself is a real word: 16 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. GREXES is the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. 8 letters: 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
E1X8E1R1G23I1E1S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from EXERGIES split into 1 with 8 letters, 5 with 6, 17 with 5, 22 with 4, 24 with 3 and 9 with 2. None has 7 letters.
Keep every letter of EXERGIES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with EX · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; SEXIER (13 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
EXERGIES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXERGIES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 78) | 62 | 78 | 55 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EXERGIES, GREXES, EXIES, GREX, GREESE, SIEGER, GERES, GRESE, GRISE, GERE, GERS, GRIS and 4 more, 16 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SEXER, SIXER, REGIES, REGIE, GIS, SIG and GI, 7 in all.