Unscramble EXPLETIVE and you have 87 words, EXPLETIVE itself among them: it scores 21 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are VEXIL and VITEX, 15 points each. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from EXPLETIVE split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 6, 14 with 5, 30 with 4, 29 with 3 and 11 with 2. None has 8 or 7 letters.
VEXT scores highest among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble EXPLETIVE at 14 points, ahead of PLEX on 13 and EXIT on 11. LIVE, EVIL and LITE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of EXPLETIVE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with EX · ending in VE · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by VEXIL (15 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept EXPLETIVE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXPLETIVE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 87) | 72 | 87 | 67 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: VITEX, TEX, LEVITE, ELPEE, EVET, LEVE, VELE, VITE, LEEP, PIET, LEP, PEL and 3 more, 15 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PLEX, TIX, VLEI, LIPE and TE, 5 in all.
This word takes every letter of EXPLETIVE plus a single extra one.