Unscramble EXPLANTS and you have 228 words, EXPLANTS itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is EXPLANT, 16 points. The 8 letters split into 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from EXPLANTS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 24 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
EXPATS scores highest among the 6-letter words in EXPLANTS at 15 points, ahead of EXALTS and LAXEST on 13. PLANTS, PLANET and PLATES are the ones most people know.
EXPAT and PAXES are the top 5-letter words from EXPLANTS, 14 points each. PLANS, PANEL and PLANT will look familiar.
The 4-letter words you get when you unscramble EXPLANTS are led by APEX and PLEX, 13 points each. NEXT, PLAN and PAST are the familiar ones.
PAX tops the 3-letter words made with EXPLANTS letters at 12 points; next come AXE and LAX on 10. TAX, LET and NET will look familiar.
Keep every letter of EXPLANTS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with EX · ending in TS · all 8-letter words
What EXPLANTS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
EXPLANTS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXPLANTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 228) | 195 | 228 | 187 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LANX, SAXE, TEX, PELTAS, PESANT, PLASTE, PELAS, PELTA, PENTS, PLAST, SPALT, SPANE and 21 more, 33 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PLEX, LAXES, NEXTS, PST, ATS, EST, SAN and TE, 8 in all.
This word takes every letter of EXPLANTS plus a single extra one.