141 words come out when you unscramble EXPECTANT, starting with EXPECTANT itself: 20 in Scrabble, 23 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 20 points: EXCEPTANT. Of the shorter words, EXCEPT and EXPECT lead with 17 points. 9 letters: 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 EXPECTANT split into 2 with 9 letters, 2 with 7, 12 with 6, 21 with 5, 44 with 4, 45 with 3 and 15 with 2. None has 8 letters.
APEX and EXEC are the top 4-letter words made with EXPECTANT letters, 13 points each. NEXT, TEXT and TEEN will look familiar.
PAX scores highest among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble EXPECTANT at 12 points, ahead of AXE and TAX on 10. CAN, ACT and NET are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of EXPECTANT but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with EX · ending in NT · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; EXCEPT and EXPECT (17 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
EXPECTANT 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXPECTANT itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 141) | 115 | 141 | 112 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EXCEPTANT, CAPEX, EXEAT, PENTACT, CATNEP, TEX, PANCE, CTENE, PATTE, TAPEN, TAPET, ANCE and 14 more, 26 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: NEPETA, TEC and TE, 3 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of EXPECTANT and one more.