Unscramble EXPLOSIVE and you have 222 words, EXPLOSIVE itself among them: it scores 21 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. 4 shorter words score 16, among them EPOXIES, SILVEX and VEXILS. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from EXPLOSIVE split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 7, 25 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 55 with 3 and 19 with 2. None has 8 letters.
The 6-letter words made with EXPLOSIVE letters are led by SILVEX, VEXILS and VOXELS, 16 points each. PIXELS, EXPOSE and OLIVES are the familiar ones.
Among the 5-letter words from EXPLOSIVE, VEXES, VEXIL and VOXEL tie for first at 15 points. LIVES, SLEEP and SOLVE are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words you get when you unscramble EXPLOSIVE are led by EXPO and PLEX, 13 points each. LOVE, LIVE and EVIL are the familiar ones.
VEX and VOX are the top 3-letter words made with EXPLOSIVE letters, 13 points each. SEE, OIL and SIX will look familiar.
Trade one tile of EXPLOSIVE for another and you can spell these 2 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with EX · ending in VE · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by EPOXIES, SILVEX, VEXILS and VOXELS (16 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. EXPLOSIVE is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXPLOSIVE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 222) | 177 | 222 | 160 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 45 of them: OXSLIP, ISOLEX, EXIES, OXIES, EXO, VOIPS, LIEVES, LOVIES, SOLIVE, VOIP, LEVES, LOVIE and 33 more. Words With Friends* skips 17 of them: VOXELS, PLEXES, VOXEL, PLEX, SLIEVE, LEVIS, POLIES, VLEIS, LEVS, LIPOS, VLEI, LIPE and 5 more.
This word takes every letter of EXPLOSIVE plus a single extra one.