Unscramble EXPENDERS and you have 188 words, EXPENDERS itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. EXPENSED and EXPENDER are the best of the shorter words, at 18 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from EXPENDERS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 11 with 7, 25 with 6, 51 with 5, 55 with 4, 33 with 3 and 10 with 2.
EXPEND scores highest among the 6-letter words from EXPENDERS at 16 points, ahead of PREXES on 15 and DEEPEN on 9. SENDER, DEEPER and SERENE are the ones most people know.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble EXPENDERS, DESEX, DEXES and SEXED tie for first at 13 points. NEEDS, SPEED and SPEND are everyday picks.
Among the 4-letter words made with EXPENDERS letters, PREX leads with 13 points, then EXED on 12 and EXES on 11. NEED, SEND and SEEN are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of EXPENDERS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with EX · ending in RS · all 9-letter words
What EXPENDERS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept EXPENDERS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXPENDERS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 188) | 147 | 188 | 137 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PERNED, SPREED, NEPERS, PENED, SERENED, SPRED, DEERES, NEESED, NEPER, PERNS, REEDEN, REEDES and 29 more, 41 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: EXED, SEXER, XED, PRENEED, DEPS, PERES, DEP, PERE, EDS and ESNE, 10 in all.