Unscramble EXPLORATORY and you have 298 words, EXPLORATORY itself among them: it scores 23 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. 11 letters: 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
E1X8P34L12O1R1A1T1O1R1Y43
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from EXPLORATORY split into 1 with 11 letters, 2 with 9, 3 with 8, 23 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 29 with 2. None has 10 letters.
APTERYX and EXTROPY are the top 7-letter words you get when you unscramble EXPLORATORY, 19 points each. TROOPER and PORTRAY will look familiar.
PEROXY scores highest among the 6-letter words from EXPLORATORY at 18 points, ahead of EXPORT and PEROXO on 15. PLAYER, PORTAL and POETRY are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words in EXPLORATORY; 4 of them share the top score of 17. REPLY, PARTY and EARLY are everyday picks.
Among the 4-letter words made with EXPLORATORY letters, POXY leads with 16 points, then ORYX and XRAY on 14. TYPE, PLAY and RELY are the familiar ones.
PYX tops the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble EXPLORATORY at 15 points; next come OXY and YEX on 13. TAX, PAY and YET will look familiar.
Keep every letter of EXPLORATORY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with EX · ending in RY · all 11-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by OXYTROPE (20 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept EXPLORATORY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXPLORATORY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 298) | 233 | 297 | 210 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 65 of them: PEROXO, PYROLATER, XRAY, PORTERLY, YEX, PETRARY, PRELATY, RETOX, TAXOR, PELORY, PETARY, AYELP and 53 more. Words With Friends* skips 22 of them: OXYTROPE, EXTROPY, PYREX, POXY, PROLETARY, PLEX, TAXOL, OXER, PTOOEY, PLOYE, PREORAL, PYRO and 10 more. Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: LARPER.