Unscramble EXPURGATORY and you have 306 words, EXPURGATORY itself among them: it scores 24 in Scrabble and 26 in Words With Friends. 11 letters: 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
E1X8P34U12R1G23A1T1O1R1Y43
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from EXPURGATORY by length: 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 2 with 9, 2 with 8, 26 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 34 with 2.
EXPURGATOR is the only one of the 10-letter words in EXPURGATORY; it scores 20 points.
Among the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble EXPURGATORY, APTERYX and EXTROPY tie for first at 19 points. PORTAGE, OUTRAGE and PORTRAY are everyday picks.
PEROXY tops the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble EXPURGATORY at 18 points; next come EUTAXY on 16 and EXPORT on 15. REPORT, POETRY and PRAYER will look familiar.
60 5-letter words from EXPURGATORY; 4 of them share the top score of 17. GROUP, PARTY and EXTRA are everyday picks.
POXY tops the 4-letter words in EXPURGATORY at 16 points; next come ORYX and XRAY on 14. PAGE, TYPE and GRAY will look familiar.
The best of the 3-letter words made with EXPURGATORY letters is PYX, 15 points; OXY and YEX on 13 follow. GAY, TAX and PAY are everyday picks.
This word has the length of EXPURGATORY, with one letter different:
More 11-letter words: starting with EX · ending in RY · all 11-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; EXPURGATOR (20 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept EXPURGATORY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXPURGATORY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 306) | 234 | 305 | 212 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 72 of them: OXGATE, XRAY, POURTRAY, YEX, EUTROPY, GREX, GROUPY, PETRARY, RETOX, TAXOR, GRYPE, GRYPT and 60 more. Words With Friends* skips 22 of them: EXTROPY, PYREX, POXY, PARTYGOER, PEROGY, GREYOUT, OXER, GYPO, PURTY, GOATY, PYRO, PARTER and 10 more. Scrabble UK skips 1 of them: GOY.