238 words come out when you unscramble EXPIATORY, starting with EXPIATORY itself: 21 in Scrabble, 21 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 19: 4 of them, EPITAXY, EXTROPY and APTERYX included. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
E1X8P34I1A1T1O1R1Y43
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from EXPIATORY by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 5 with 7, 20 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 31 with 2.
EXPIATOR is the only one of the 8-letter words in EXPIATORY; it scores 17 points.
Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble EXPIATORY, EXPIRY and PEROXY tie for first at 18 points. POETRY, EXPORT and PIRATE are everyday picks.
Among 60 5-letter words from EXPIATORY, the top score is 17, reached by 5. PARTY, EXTRA and OPERA are the familiar ones.
PIXY and POXY share the top score of 16 among the 4-letter words made with EXPIATORY letters. YEAR, PART and TYPE are the ones most people know.
The best of the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble EXPIATORY is PYX, 15 points; OXY and YEX on 13 follow. TAX, PAY and YET are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of EXPIATORY for another and you can spell these 5 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with EX · ending in RY · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with APTERYX, EPITAXY, EXTROPY and PYREXIA (19 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept EXPIATORY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXPIATORY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 238) | 183 | 238 | 167 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EXTIRP, XRAY, YEX, ORIXA, RETOX, TAXOR, PETARY, TRIPEY, EXO, PIOYE, PORTY, PRATY and 43 more, 55 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: EXTROPY, PYREX, POXY, POXIER, OXER, TIX, PYRO, PRATIE, OATY, OATIER, YER, APO and 4 more, 16 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of EXPIATORY and one more.