Unscramble EXTENUATES and you have 241 words, EXTENUATES itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. 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 EXTENUATES by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 10 with 7, 32 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 56 with 3 and 21 with 2. None has 8 letters.
There is a single one of the 9-letter words in EXTENUATES: EXTENUATE, 16 points.
6 of 32 6-letter words from EXTENUATES tie at 13 points; none scores more. ESTATE, SENATE and EXTENT will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble EXTENUATES, 11 score 12 points, the group's best. STATE, TEENS and TAXES are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words made with EXTENUATES letters; 7 of them share the top score of 11. NEXT, TEXT and EAST are everyday picks.
Among 56 3-letter words you get when you unscramble EXTENUATES, the top score is 10, reached by 6. USE, SEE and SET are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of EXTENUATES for another and you can spell these 3 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with EX · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with EXTENTS and SEXTANT (14 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept EXTENUATES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXTENUATES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 241) | 180 | 241 | 167 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 61 of them: EXTENSE, UNTAXES, EXEATS, EXEAT, TEXES, UNTAX, SAXE, TEX, ENSATE, ENTETE, NASUTE, STEANE and 49 more. Words With Friends* skips 13 of them: NEXTS, STENT, SUETE, ESNE, NAES, STAN, TASE, ATS, EST, SAN, TES, UTE and 1 more.