Unscramble EXHIBITS to get 89 words. EXHIBITS itself is a real word: 20 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is EXHIBIT, 19 points. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from EXHIBITS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 2 with 6, 12 with 5, 27 with 4, 29 with 3 and 16 with 2.
Keep every letter of EXHIBITS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with EX · ending in TS · all 8-letter words
What EXHIBITS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept EXHIBITS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXHIBITS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 89) | 74 | 89 | 67 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BHISTI, TEX, HISTIE, SIETH, SITHE, BESIT, BESTI, EISH, SHET, BIST, EHS, ISH and 3 more, 15 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: TIX, BISH, SHITE, BES, EST, TES and TE, 7 in all.