Unscramble EXPANSIONISTS to get 435 words. EXPANSIONISTS itself is a real word: 22 points on a Scrabble board, 25 in Words With Friends. EXPANSIONIST is the best of the shorter words, at 21 points. 13 letters: 5 vowels and 8 consonants.
E1X8P34A1N12S1I1O1N12I1S1T1S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from EXPANSIONISTS split into 1 with 13 letters, 1 with 12, 8 with 10, 29 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 36 with 2. None has 11 letters.
There is a single one of the 12-letter words made with EXPANSIONISTS letters: EXPANSIONIST, 21 points.
EXPANSIONS and EXPIATIONS are the top 10-letter words in EXPANSIONISTS, 19 points each. SENSATIONS will look familiar.
Among the 9-letter words you get when you unscramble EXPANSIONISTS, EPISTAXIS, EXPANSION and EXPIATION tie for first at 18 points. SENSATION is an everyday pick.
EPITAXIS, EXPOSITS and PIXINESS share the top score of 17 among the 8-letter words from EXPANSIONISTS. PENSIONS and PASSIONS are the ones most people know.
The 7-letter words you get when you unscramble EXPANSIONISTS are led by EXPOSIT, POXIEST and SEXPOTS, 16 points each. PENSION, PASSION and PANTIES are the familiar ones.
4 of 60 6-letter words from EXPANSIONISTS tie at 15 points; none scores more. EXISTS, PASSES and PAINTS will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words in EXPANSIONISTS, 6 score 14 points, the group's best. TAXES, EXIST and PAINT are the ones most people know.
The 4-letter words made with EXPANSIONISTS letters are led by APEX and EXPO, 13 points each. NEXT, OPEN and PAST are the familiar ones.
PAX, PIX and POX are the top 3-letter words you get when you unscramble EXPANSIONISTS, 12 points each. TOP, TAX and SIX will look familiar.
Keep every letter of EXPANSIONISTS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 13-letter words: starting with EX · ending in TS · all 13-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with EXPIATIONS (19 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept EXPANSIONISTS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXPANSIONISTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 435) | 367 | 435 | 337 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
68 of the 435 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EPITAXIS, SAXONITES, AXINITES, PINXIT, SAXONITE, SIXAINES, AXINITE, SIXAINE, SIXAINS, SIXAIN, NOXES, OXIES and 56 more. 30 of the 435 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: POXIEST, SAXISTS, TAXISES, SAXIST, NEXTS, SPINNIEST, PANNISTS, PENSIONI, PISSIEST, SAPIENTS, TINSNIPS, TIX and 18 more.