Unscramble EXPRESSIVELY to get 329 words. EXPRESSIVELY itself is a real word: 27 points on a Scrabble board, 29 in Words With Friends. It has 12 letters, 4 vowels and 8 consonants.
E1X8P34R1E1S1S1I1V45E1L12Y43
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from EXPRESSIVELY by length: 1 with 12 letters, 2 with 10, 4 with 9, 19 with 8, 50 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 13 with 2. None has 11 letters.
Among the 10-letter words made with EXPRESSIVELY letters, EXPRESSIVE leads with 22 points, then SILVEREYES on 16.
SILVEXES tops the 8-letter words you get when you unscramble EXPRESSIVELY at 18 points; next come REEXPELS on 17 and LIVEYERE on 14. SEVERELY, PEERLESS and SLEEPERS will look familiar.
PYREXES scores highest among the 7-letter words from EXPRESSIVELY at 19 points, ahead of EXPIRES and EXPRESS on 16. REPLIES, SLEEVES and RELIEVE are the ones most people know.
Among the 6-letter words in EXPRESSIVELY, EXPIRY and PYXIES tie for first at 18 points. PIXELS, EXPIRE and REEVES are everyday picks.
Among 60 5-letter words made with EXPRESSIVELY letters, the top score is 17, reached by 5. EVERY, REPLY and PIXEL are the familiar ones.
PIXY tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble EXPRESSIVELY at 16 points; next come SEXY on 14 and PLEX on 13. VERY, LIVE and EVER will look familiar.
PYX scores highest among the 3-letter words from EXPRESSIVELY at 15 points, ahead of VEX and YEX on 13. YES, SIX and EYE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of EXPRESSIVELY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with EX · ending in LY · all 12-letter words
What EXPRESSIVELY means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept EXPRESSIVELY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXPRESSIVELY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 329) | 265 | 329 | 239 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
64 of the 329 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SILVEREYES, LIVEYERES, PREXIE, SILVEREYE, YEXES, LIVEYERE, SLEEPERY, YEX, EXIES, PEEVERS, PREEVES, PRIEVES and 52 more. 26 of the 329 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PYREXES, PYREX, PLEXES, EXILERS, LEXISES, LIVEYERS, EXILER, LIVEYER, PERVY, PLEX, SEXERS, SIXERS and 14 more.