176 words come out when you unscramble EXTENUATED, starting with EXTENUATED itself: 18 in Scrabble, 20 in Words With Friends. EXTENUATE is the best of the shorter words, at 16 points. It has 10 letters, 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from EXTENUATED by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 3 with 8, 9 with 7, 24 with 6, 25 with 5, 46 with 4, 46 with 3 and 21 with 2.
Just 1 of the 9-letter words made with EXTENUATED letters: EXTENUATE, for 16 points.
24 6-letter words from EXTENUATED; 4 of them share the top score of 14. EXTENT, ATTEND and EXTEND are everyday picks.
AXED and EXED share the top score of 12 among the 4-letter words in EXTENUATED. DATE, NEXT and NEED are the ones most people know.
The 3-letter words made with EXTENUATED letters are led by DEX, DUX and XED, 11 points each. END, TAX and NET are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of EXTENUATED but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with EX · ending in ED · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; EXUDATE and UNTAXED (15 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
EXTENUATED works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXTENUATED itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 176) | 132 | 176 | 121 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DENTEX, EXEAT, UNTAX, DUX, TEX, DETENUE, NEDETTE, DETENU, TATUED, TEENED, UNDATE, DENET and 32 more, 44 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: TEXTED, UNAXED, EXED, XED, DETUNE, ATTED, TENDU, DAN, DA, UTE and TE, 11 in all.