Unscramble EXTENUATIONS and you have 380 words, EXTENUATIONS itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. 12 letters: 6 vowels and 6 consonants.
E1X8T1E1N12U12A1T1I1O1N12S1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from EXTENUATIONS split into 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 11, 9 with 9, 31 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 38 with 2. None has 10 letters.
There is a single one of the 11-letter words in EXTENUATIONS: EXTENUATION, 18 points.
Of the 31 8-letter words you get when you unscramble EXTENUATIONS, 7 score 15 points, the group's best. EXISTENT is the one most people know.
60 7-letter words from EXTENUATIONS; 12 of them share the top score of 14. STATION, NATIONS and INSTANT are everyday picks.
Among 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble EXTENUATIONS, the top score is 13, reached by 23. ESTATE, NATION and EXTENT are the familiar ones.
60 5-letter words from EXTENUATIONS; 32 of them share the top score of 12. TAXES, EXIST and TEXTS are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words in EXTENUATIONS, 15 score 11 points, the group's best. NEXT, TEXT and EAST are the ones most people know.
Among 60 3-letter words made with EXTENUATIONS letters, the top score is 10, reached by 13. NOT, ITS and TAX are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of EXTENUATIONS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with EX · ending in NS · all 12-letter words
What EXTENUATIONS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept EXTENUATIONS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXTENUATIONS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 380) | 285 | 380 | 269 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 95 of them: EUTAXITES, EUTAXITE, EUTEXIAS, SAXONITE, EUTEXIA, EXTINES, UNTAXES, EXEATS, EXTINE, EXEAT, EXIES, NOXES and 83 more. Words With Friends* skips 16 of them: NEXTS, TIX, TAENITES, ENSUITE, OATIEST, TAENITE, TENNESI, AUTIST, NATTOS, NIENTE, ESNE, NAES and 4 more.