Unscramble EXPURGES to get 141 words. EXPURGES itself is a real word: 18 points on a Scrabble board, 21 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
E1X8P34U12R1G23E1S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from EXPURGES by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 10 with 6, 35 with 5, 44 with 4, 37 with 3 and 12 with 2.
REXES, SEXER and XERUS share the top score of 12 among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble EXPURGES. SUPER, PURSE and SURGE are the ones most people know.
PREX tops the 4-letter words from EXPURGES at 13 points; next come GREX on 12 and EXES on 11. USER, SURE and PURE will look familiar.
Trade one tile of EXPURGES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with EX · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with PREXES (15 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
EXPURGES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXPURGES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 141) | 103 | 141 | 98 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EXPURGES, EXPURGE, GREXES, GREX, GEEPS, PERSUE, SPEUG, GEEP, GUPS, PUERS, PURES, SPUER and 26 more, 38 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SEXER, PERES, PERE, URPS and URP, 5 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of EXPURGES spell the words below.