189 words come out when you unscramble EXFOLIATE, starting with EXFOLIATE itself: 19 in Scrabble, 20 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, TELEFAX and FOXTAIL lead with 17 points. It has 9 letters, 5 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from EXFOLIATE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 7, 8 with 6, 32 with 5, 60 with 4, 56 with 3 and 29 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Among 32 5-letter words from EXFOLIATE, the top score is 15, reached by 4. ELITE, LATEX and FLEET are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble EXFOLIATE, 8 score 14 points, the group's best. LIFE, FILE and LEFT are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble EXFOLIATE, FAX, FIX and FOX tie for first at 13 points. TAX, LET and LOT are everyday picks.
These 2 words have the length of EXFOLIATE, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with EX · ending in TE · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by FOXTAIL and TELEFAX (17 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. EXFOLIATE is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXFOLIATE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 189) | 161 | 187 | 153 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EXFIL, FLEXI, FLEXO, FOXIE, FAIX, FLIX, FLOX, EXEAT, EXO, TEX, ALEFT, FLOTE and 14 more, 26 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: TELEFAX, FOLX, TAXOL, TIX, LEFTIE, FE, OI and TE, 8 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ALF and FI, 2 in all.
These 2 words take every letter of EXFOLIATE plus a single extra one.