Unscramble EXPENDING to get 126 words. EXPENDING itself is a real word: 20 points on a Scrabble board, 24 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
E1X8P34E1N12D2I1N12G23
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from EXPENDING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 7, 14 with 6, 18 with 5, 34 with 4, 41 with 3 and 13 with 2. None has 8 letters.
The best of the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble EXPENDING is EXED, 12 points; NIXE on 11 and DEEP on 7 follow. NEED, EDGE and GENE are everyday picks.
Among the 3-letter words made with EXPENDING letters, PIX leads with 12 points, then DEX and XED on 11. END, INN and DIE are the familiar ones.
These 5 words have the length of EXPENDING, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with EX · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
What EXPENDING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. EXPENDING is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXPENDING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 126) | 99 | 126 | 90 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 27 of them: PENNIED, PENING, DEEING, PENED, PIEND, GEEP, PENIE, EIGNE, PENE, PENI, DEEN, DEG and 15 more. Words With Friends* skips 9 of them: EXING, EXED, XED, GENNED, PEDI, DEP, DENI, NEG and GI.