Unscramble EXIGENTLY to get 184 words. EXIGENTLY itself is a real word: 20 points on a Scrabble board, 22 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, YEXING leads with 17 points. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
E1X8I1G23E1N12T1L12Y43
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from EXIGENTLY by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 3 with 7, 22 with 6, 35 with 5, 57 with 4, 50 with 3 and 15 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words made with EXIGENTLY letters: TELEXING, 16 points.
Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble EXIGENTLY, YEXING leads with 17 points, then NEXTLY and XYLENE on 16. GENTLE and GENTLY are the familiar ones.
EXING tops the 5-letter words from EXIGENTLY at 13 points; next come EXILE and EXINE on 12. ELITE, LYING and INLET will look familiar.
LYNX and NIXY share the top score of 14 among the 4-letter words made with EXIGENTLY letters. NEXT, LINE and TEEN are the ones most people know.
The best of the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble EXIGENTLY is YEX, 13 points; LEX and NIX on 10 follow. GET, LET and YET are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of EXIGENTLY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with EX · ending in LY · all 9-letter words
EXIGENTLY first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
EXIGENTLY 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXIGENTLY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 184) | 142 | 184 | 125 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: YEXING, NEXTLY, EXTINE, YEX, LYTING, TEX, TYEING, GENTY, GYTE, ENGILT, LEEING, LYNE and 30 more, 42 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: EXING, YEETING, GLINTY, TIX, GYNIE, EELING, TIYN, TYIN, YEET, LENITE, TENGE, GITE and 5 more, 17 in all.