Unscramble EXPLANATORY to get 333 words. EXPLANATORY itself is a real word: 23 points on a Scrabble board, 25 in Words With Friends. 11 letters: 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from EXPLANATORY by length: 1 with 11 letters, 3 with 9, 14 with 8, 39 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 36 with 2. None has 10 letters.
The best of the 8-letter words made with EXPLANATORY letters is TAXPAYER, 20 points; RELAXANT on 15 and ANATROPY on 13 follow. PARENTAL, PRENATAL and PATERNAL are everyday picks.
APTERYX, EXTROPY and PLANXTY share the top score of 19 among the 7-letter words from EXPLANATORY. PENALTY, PLENARY and ENTROPY are the ones most people know.
Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble EXPLANATORY, PEROXY leads with 18 points, then LARYNX and NEXTLY on 16. PLAYER, NEARLY and POETRY are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble EXPLANATORY, 4 score 17 points, the group's best. REPLY, PARTY and EXTRA are the ones most people know.
POXY tops the 4-letter words from EXPLANATORY at 16 points; next come LYNX and ONYX on 14. ONLY, NEXT and TYPE will look familiar.
PYX scores highest among the 3-letter words in EXPLANATORY at 15 points, ahead of OXY and YEX on 13. ANY, TAX and PAY are the ones most people know.
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; TAXPAYER (20 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
EXPLANATORY works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXPLANATORY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 333) | 254 | 333 | 237 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 79 of them: PLANXTY, NEXTLY, LAXATOR, PANAX, XRAY, ANATROPY, LARNAX, PLENARTY, PRYTANEA, YEX, LAPTRAY, NOXAL and 67 more. Words With Friends* skips 17 of them: EXTROPY, PYREX, POXY, PLEX, TAXOL, OXER, ANALYTE, PALEOART, PLOYE, PYRO, ROTELY, OATY and 5 more.