Unscramble EXPURGING to get 153 words. EXPURGING itself is a real word: 20 points on a Scrabble board, 25 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, EXPUGN leads with 16 points. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from EXPURGING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 7, 16 with 6, 23 with 5, 38 with 4, 53 with 3 and 17 with 2. None has 8 letters.
The best of the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble EXPURGING is PREX, 13 points; GREX on 12 and NIXE on 11 follow. RING, PURE and PINE are everyday picks.
PIX scores highest among the 3-letter words in EXPURGING at 12 points, ahead of NIX and REX on 10. RUN, PIN and GUN are the ones most people know.
These 2 words have the length of EXPURGING, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with EX · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with EXING and PREX (13 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
EXPURGING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXPURGING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 153) | 114 | 153 | 102 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 39 of them: EXPURGING, EXPUGN, GREX, NIXER, PUERING, PUGGIE, GRUEING, PURING, GRUING, PRUINE, GINGE, ERING and 27 more. Words With Friends* skips 12 of them: EXING, GUINEP, GUNGIER, URPING, GUNGE, RUEING, IGG, URP, NEG, NUG, GI and UNI.