Unscramble EXPLICATING to get 337 words. EXPLICATING itself is a real word: 23 points on a Scrabble board, 28 in Words With Friends. PIXELATING is the best of the shorter words, at 20 points. It has 11 letters, 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from EXPLICATING by length: 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 4 with 9, 14 with 8, 51 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2.
PIXELATING is the only one of the 10-letter words in EXPLICATING; it scores 20 points.
PLEXING scores highest among the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble EXPLICATING at 17 points, ahead of EXPLAIN and EXPLANT on 16. CEILING, PLACING and GENITAL are the ones most people know.
60 6-letter words made with EXPLICATING letters; 5 of them share the top score of 15. CLIENT, ACTING and GLANCE are everyday picks.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble EXPLICATING, CAPEX leads with 16 points, then CALIX and EXACT on 14. PLACE, CLEAN and LATEX are the familiar ones.
Among the 4-letter words from EXPLICATING, APEX, CALX and PLEX tie for first at 13 points. PAGE, NEXT and NICE are everyday picks.
The 3-letter words in EXPLICATING are led by PAX and PIX, 12 points each. CAN, TAX and ACT are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of EXPLICATING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with EX · ending in NG · all 11-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by PIXELATING (20 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept EXPLICATING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXPLICATING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 337) | 283 | 337 | 260 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ALEXINIC, PLEXING, CAPEX, PINXIT, AXINITE, LAXING, PLICATING, CLIPING, PECTINAL, PLANETIC, CLAPNET, GENTILIC and 42 more, 54 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PIXELATING, PIXILATE, ALEXIC, EXING, PLEX, EPILATING, CAPING, GELCAP, PICANTE, TIX, CENTAI, TAGLINE and 11 more, 23 in all.