Unscramble EXPLICITLY to get 141 words. EXPLICITLY itself is a real word: 24 points on a Scrabble board, 27 in Words With Friends. 10 letters: 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
E1X8P34L12I1C34I1T1L12Y43
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from EXPLICITLY by length: 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 8, 3 with 7, 8 with 6, 24 with 5, 50 with 4, 41 with 3 and 11 with 2. None has 9 letters.
Among the 4-letter words from EXPLICITLY, PIXY leads with 16 points, then PLEX on 13 and EXIT on 11. CITY, TYPE and CELL are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of EXPLICITLY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with EX · ending in LY · all 10-letter words
What EXPLICITLY means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept EXPLICITLY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXPLICITLY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 141) | 113 | 141 | 105 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 28 of them: EXILITY, XYLIC, ETYPIC, YEX, CLYPE, CETYL, TEX, CLIPE, CYTE, PYET, CLY, ILLIPE and 16 more. Words With Friends* skips 8 of them: PLEX, CELLY, TIX, CEILI, CLIT, LIPE, TEC and TE.