Unscramble EXPLICITS and you have 202 words, EXPLICITS itself among them: it scores 20 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from EXPLICITS split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 5 with 7, 16 with 6, 57 with 5, 60 with 4, 48 with 3 and 14 with 2.
EXPLICIT is the only one of the 8-letter words in EXPLICITS; it scores 19 points.
Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble EXPLICITS, EXILIC, PIXELS and PIXIES tie for first at 15 points. CITIES, SEPTIC and SPLICE are everyday picks.
The 5-letter words from EXPLICITS are led by PIXEL, PIXES and PIXIE, 14 points each. CLIPS, EXIST and SPLIT are the familiar ones.
PLEX scores highest among the 4-letter words in EXPLICITS at 13 points, ahead of EXIT and ILEX on 11. LIST, TIPS and STEP are the ones most people know.
PIX tops the 3-letter words made with EXPLICITS letters at 12 points; next come LEX and SEX on 10. ITS, SET and LET will look familiar.
Keep every letter of EXPLICITS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with EX · ending in TS · all 9-letter words
What EXPLICITS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
EXPLICITS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXPLICITS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 202) | 173 | 202 | 156 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EPICIST, CLIPES, TEX, CLIPE, PILIEST, ILICES, CIELS, CLIES, LIPES, PIETS, TICES, CIEL and 17 more, 29 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PLEX, TIX, SPECT, SPILITE, CEILIS, CEILI, CLITS, ETICS, CLIT, LIPE, TECS, LITES and 5 more, 17 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of EXPLICITS and one more.