Unscramble EXPURGATORS and you have 360 words, EXPURGATORS itself among them: it scores 21 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. EXPURGATOR is the best of the shorter words, at 20 points. The 11 letters split into 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from EXPURGATORS by length: 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 4 with 9, 20 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 34 with 2.
Just 1 of the 10-letter words in EXPURGATORS: EXPURGATOR, for 20 points.
SUPERTAX scores highest among the 8-letter words you get when you unscramble EXPURGATORS at 17 points, ahead of GROUPERS and PORTAGES on 11.
The 7-letter words from EXPURGATORS are led by ARUSPEX and EXPORTS, 16 points each. REPORTS, POSTAGE and PORTAGE are the familiar ones.
60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble EXPURGATORS; 6 of them share the top score of 15. GROUPS, EXPORT and EXTRAS are everyday picks.
Of the 60 5-letter words from EXPURGATORS, 4 score 14 points, the group's best. GROUP, PAGES and EXTRA are the ones most people know.
APEX, EXPO and PREX are the top 4-letter words in EXPURGATORS, 13 points each. PAGE, PART and PAST will look familiar.
PAX and POX share the top score of 12 among the 3-letter words made with EXPURGATORS letters. TOP, TAX and AGE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of EXPURGATORS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with EX · ending in RS · all 11-letter words
What EXPURGATORS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. EXPURGATORS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXPURGATORS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 360) | 291 | 359 | 272 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 69 of them: OXGATES, OXGATE, SEXTUOR, TAXORS, GREX, PORTAGUES, RETOX, SOREX, TAXOR, PORTAGUE, POTAGERS, SAXE and 57 more. Words With Friends* skips 18 of them: OXERS, OXER, UPSTAGER, PARTERS, SPURTER, ORATURES, PARTER, SPROG, APOS, OPAS, APO, OPA and 6 more. Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: ROUXES.