Unscramble EXPELLENT to get 61 words. EXPELLENT itself is a real word: 18 points on a Scrabble board, 22 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
E1X8P34E1L12L12E1N12T1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from EXPELLENT by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 6, 6 with 5, 22 with 4, 20 with 3 and 8 with 2. None has 8 or 7 letters.
Keep every letter of EXPELLENT but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with EX · ending in NT · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with EXPEL (14 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
EXPELLENT is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXPELLENT itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 61) | 41 | 61 | 38 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
20 of the 61 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TEX, PENTEL, ELPEE, LEEP, LEETLE, PELL, PENE, TELLEN, LEP, NEELE, NEP, PEL and 8 more. 3 of the 61 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: EXPELLENT, PLEX and TE.
This word takes every letter of EXPELLENT plus a single extra one.