Unscramble EXPANDERS to get 273 words. EXPANDERS itself is a real word: 19 points on a Scrabble board, 21 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, EXPANDER leads with 18 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from EXPANDERS split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 15 with 7, 56 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
EXPANDER is the only one of the 8-letter words in EXPANDERS; it scores 18 points.
EXPAND and EXPEND are the top 6-letter words from EXPANDERS, 16 points each. SPREAD, EARNED and SENDER will look familiar.
PAXES scores highest among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble EXPANDERS at 14 points, ahead of DESEX and DEXES on 13. SPEED, SPEND and PEERS are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble EXPANDERS, APEX and PREX tie for first at 13 points. DEEP, PEER and SPAN are everyday picks.
PAX scores highest among the 3-letter words from EXPANDERS at 12 points, ahead of DEX and XED on 11. ARE, END and RED are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of EXPANDERS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with EX · ending in RS · all 9-letter words
EXPANDERS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept EXPANDERS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXPANDERS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 273) | 221 | 273 | 201 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
52 of the 273 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SAXE, PREASED, NEAPED, PEANED, PEASED, PERNED, SPANED, SPREED, DEANERS, DRAPS, NEPERS, PANDS and 40 more. 20 of the 273 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: EXEDRAS, EXED, SEXER, XED, PANEERS, NAPED, PANEER, PARENS, DENARS, DEPS, PAREN, PERES and 8 more.