Unscramble EXPECTANCIES to get 354 words. EXPECTANCIES itself is a real word: 25 points on a Scrabble board, 29 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, EXPECTANCES leads with 24 points. 12 letters: 5 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from EXPECTANCIES by length: 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 11, 1 with 10, 9 with 9, 16 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2.
There is a single one of the 11-letter words made with EXPECTANCIES letters: EXPECTANCES, 24 points.
EXPECTANCE is the only one of the 10-letter words in EXPECTANCIES; it scores 23 points.
SIXPENCE tops the 8-letter words from EXPECTANCIES at 19 points; next come EPITAXES and EXITANCE on 17. PATIENCE will look familiar.
Among the 7-letter words from EXPECTANCIES, CAPEXES, EXCEPTS and EXPECTS tie for first at 18 points. SCIENCE, EXPENSE and PANTIES are everyday picks.
EXCEPT and EXPECT are the top 6-letter words in EXPECTANCIES, 17 points each. ACCEPT, PIECES and ESCAPE will look familiar.
CAPEX scores highest among the 5-letter words made with EXPECTANCIES letters at 16 points, ahead of EXACT and EXECS on 14. SPACE, PEACE and PIECE are the ones most people know.
APEX and EXEC are the top 4-letter words you get when you unscramble EXPECTANCIES, 13 points each. NEXT, CASE and PICS will look familiar.
PAX and PIX share the top score of 12 among the 3-letter words from EXPECTANCIES. CAN, TAX and ACT are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of EXPECTANCIES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with EX · ending in ES · all 12-letter words
Short meanings for the 5 highest-scoring answers, starting with SIXPENCE (19 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
EXPECTANCIES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXPECTANCIES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 354) | 294 | 354 | 282 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 60 of them: EXPISCATE, EXSICCANT, CAPEXES, EXITANCES, EPITAXES, EXITANCE, CAPEX, EXTENSE, EXTINES, EPAENETIC, EXEATS, EXTINE and 48 more. Words With Friends* skips 12 of them: ICESCAPE, CAPISCE, NEXTS, PACIEST, PICANTE, ECESIC, TIX, NEPETAS, SPECT, PST, TEC and TE.