128 words come out when you unscramble EXPUNCTS, starting with EXPUNCTS itself: 19 in Scrabble, 23 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
E1X8P34U12N12C34T1S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from EXPUNCTS split into 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 4 with 6, 23 with 5, 47 with 4, 38 with 3 and 14 with 2.
EXPUNCT is the only one of the 7-letter words made with EXPUNCTS letters; it scores 18 points.
Of the 23 5-letter words you get when you unscramble EXPUNCTS, 4 score 12 points, the group's best. SPENT, SETUP and CENTS are the ones most people know.
NEXT and SEXT are the top 4-letter words from EXPUNCTS, 11 points each. STEP, SENT and CENT will look familiar.
Keep every letter of EXPUNCTS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with EX · ending in TS · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with NEXTS, NEXUS, TUXES and UNSEX (12 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
EXPUNCTS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXPUNCTS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 128) | 109 | 128 | 100 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
17 of the 128 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EXPUNCTS, EXPUNCT, PUCEST, PUNCES, TEX, PUNCE, PENTS, UNCES, CENS, NEPS, SPET, UNCE and 5 more. 11 of the 128 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: NEXTS, SPECT, CENTU, TECS, PST, TEC, UTES, EST, TES, UTE and TE. 2 of the 128 answers are missing from Scrabble US: CUNTS and CUNT.