Unscramble EXPENSIVELY to get 269 words. EXPENSIVELY itself is a real word: 26 points on a Scrabble board, 29 in Words With Friends. It has 11 letters, 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
E1X8P34E1N12S1I1V45E1L12Y43
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from EXPENSIVELY by length: 1 with 11 letters, 2 with 9, 1 with 8, 13 with 7, 57 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 15 with 2. None has 10 letters.
EYELINES is the only one of the 8-letter words in EXPENSIVELY; it scores 11 points.
PYXIES scores highest among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble EXPENSIVELY at 18 points, ahead of LYNXES and SEXILY on 16. SLEEVE, PIXELS and ELEVEN are the ones most people know.
Among the 5-letter words in EXPENSIVELY, PYXES, PYXIE and PYXIS tie for first at 17 points. SEVEN, LIVES and VINYL are everyday picks.
PIXY scores highest among the 4-letter words made with EXPENSIVELY letters at 16 points, ahead of LYNX and NIXY on 14. EVEN, LIVE and EYES are the ones most people know.
The best of the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble EXPENSIVELY is PYX, 15 points; VEX and YEX on 13 follow. YES, SIX and EYE are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of EXPENSIVELY for another and you can spell these 2 words:
More 11-letter words: starting with EX · ending in LY · all 11-letter words
EXPENSIVELY first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept EXPENSIVELY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXPENSIVELY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 269) | 209 | 269 | 197 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 60 of them: YEXES, SNIVELY, YEX, EXIES, VENEYS, EYELINES, SENVY, VEILY, VENEY, YEVEN, YEVES, EYELINE and 48 more. Words With Friends* skips 12 of them: PLEXES, PLEX, SLIEVE, YEPS, EENSY, ELVEN, LEVIS, LEVS, VINS, VLEI, SEV and VIN.