Unscramble EXSECANT and you have 188 words, EXSECANT itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
E1X8S1E1C34A1N12T1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from EXSECANT by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 20 with 6, 44 with 5, 60 with 4, 45 with 3 and 16 with 2.
EXACT and EXECS are the top 5-letter words from EXSECANT, 14 points each. TEENS, TAXES and SCENE will look familiar.
The best of the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble EXSECANT is EXEC, 13 points; AXES and EXES on 11 follow. NEXT, CASE and EAST are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of EXSECANT but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with EX · ending in NT · all 8-letter words
The meaning of EXSECANT, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept EXSECANT, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXSECANT itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 188) | 148 | 188 | 136 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
40 of the 188 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EXEATS, EXEAT, TEXES, SAXE, TEX, CTENES, CAESE, CTENE, SCEAT, AESC, ANCE, CEAS and 28 more. 12 of the 188 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: NEXTS, CENTAS, TECS, TEC, ESNE, NAES, STAN, ATS, EST, SAN, TES and TE.
With one more tile, the letters of EXSECANT spell the words below.