Unscramble EXPLOITING and you have 273 words, EXPLOITING itself among them: it scores 20 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. PLEXING is the best of the shorter words, at 17 points. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from EXPLOITING by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 8, 19 with 7, 48 with 6, 59 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2. None has 9 letters.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words made with EXPLOITING letters: PILOTING, for 11 points.
PLEXING tops the 7-letter words in EXPLOITING at 17 points; next come EXPLOIT on 16 and EXILING on 15. EXITING will look familiar.
POXING scores highest among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble EXPLOITING at 16 points, ahead of PINXIT on 15 and LOXING on 14. LEGION, PIGEON and POLITE are the ones most people know.
OXLIP, PIXEL and PIXIE are the top 5-letter words from EXPLOITING, 14 points each. POINT, PILOT and INLET will look familiar.
EXPO and PLEX share the top score of 13 among the 4-letter words in EXPLOITING. NEXT, LONG and OPEN are the ones most people know.
PIX and POX are the top 3-letter words made with EXPLOITING letters, 12 points each. GET, TOP and GOT will look familiar.
These 4 words have the length of EXPLOITING, with one letter different:
More 10-letter words: starting with EX · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
What EXPLOITING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept EXPLOITING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXPLOITING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 273) | 211 | 273 | 195 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
62 of the 273 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PLEXING, PINXIT, EXO, NOX, POLTING, TEX, PINGLE, PLONGE, POINTEL, PONTILE, POTING, GOLPE and 50 more. 16 of the 273 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: EXING, PLEX, LIPOING, TIX, LEPTIN, PLEON, LIPE, LIPO, LOGIN, GITE, INTEL, NEG and 4 more.