Unscramble EXPENDABLE and you have 217 words, EXPENDABLE itself among them: it scores 22 in Scrabble and 26 in Words With Friends. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from EXPENDABLE by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 8, 5 with 7, 29 with 6, 41 with 5, 60 with 4, 59 with 3 and 21 with 2. None has 9 letters.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words made with EXPENDABLE letters: BELEAPED, for 13 points.
EXPAND, EXPEND and PLEXED share the top score of 16 among the 6-letter words from EXPENDABLE. ENABLE, NEEDLE and LEANED are the ones most people know.
The best of the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble EXPENDABLE is EXPEL, 14 points; AXLED and LAXED on 13 follow. PANEL, PLANE and BLADE are everyday picks.
APEX and PLEX are the top 4-letter words in EXPENDABLE, 13 points each. BEEN, PLAN and ABLE will look familiar.
PAX scores highest among the 3-letter words made with EXPENDABLE letters at 12 points, ahead of DEX and XED on 11. END, BAD and BED are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of EXPENDABLE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with EX · ending in LE · all 10-letter words
What EXPENDABLE means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept EXPENDABLE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXPENDABLE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 217) | 173 | 217 | 162 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 44 of them: PLEXED, LAXED, LANX, PLEBEAN, BELEED, LEEPED, NEAPED, PEANED, PLEAED, ALPEEN, DEBEL, PEBA and 32 more. Words With Friends* skips 11 of them: PLEX, EXED, XED, ABLED, NAPED, BEAL, DEP, EELED, BAE, DAN and DA.
This word takes every letter of EXPENDABLE plus a single extra one.