Unscramble EXPLICATIONS to get 456 words. EXPLICATIONS itself is a real word: 23 points on a Scrabble board, 27 in Words With Friends. 12 letters: 5 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from EXPLICATIONS by length: 1 with 12 letters, 5 with 11, 14 with 10, 35 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 41 with 2.
EXPISCATION, EXPLICATION and XENOPLASTIC share the top score of 22 among the 11-letter words made with EXPLICATIONS letters.
Among the 10-letter words in EXPLICATIONS, POSTEXILIC leads with 21 points, then EXCISIONAL and EXPIATIONS on 19.
EXPLICITS scores highest among the 9-letter words from EXPLICATIONS at 20 points, ahead of CLINOAXES and CLINOAXIS on 18. SECTIONAL, COASTLINE and OPTICIANS are the ones most people know.
Among the 8-letter words you get when you unscramble EXPLICATIONS, EPITAXIC and EXPLICIT tie for first at 19 points. POLICIES, POLITICS and EXPLAINS are everyday picks.
18 of 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble EXPLICATIONS tie at 16 points; none scores more. OPTICAL, EXPLAIN and EXPLOIT will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words from EXPLICATIONS, 24 score 15 points, the group's best. ASPECT, PIXELS and EXOTIC are the ones most people know.
The best of the 5-letter words in EXPLICATIONS is CAPEX, 16 points; CALIX and CAXON on 14 follow. TAXES, EXIST and EXACT are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with EXPLICATIONS letters, 7 score 13 points, the group's best. NEXT, PICS and CLIP are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble EXPLICATIONS; 4 of them share the top score of 12. CAN, TAX and ACT are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of EXPLICATIONS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 12-letter words: starting with EX · ending in NS · all 12-letter words
What EXPLICATIONS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept EXPLICATIONS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXPLICATIONS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 456) | 382 | 456 | 347 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 74 of them: EXPISCATION, XENOPLASTIC, POSTEXILIAN, SAXICOLINE, CLINOAXES, CLINOAXIS, PLANXTIES, ALEXINIC, EPITAXIS, SAXICOLE, CAPEX, COXIEST and 62 more. Words With Friends* skips 35 of them: PIXELATIONS, PIXELATION, PIXILATES, PIXILATE, CALIXES, POXIEST, ALEXIC, EPINASTIC, OXIC, PLEX, TAXOLS, CAPONISE and 23 more.