429 words come out when you unscramble EXTERMINATES, starting with EXTERMINATES itself: 21 in Scrabble, 23 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is EXTERMINATE, 20 points. 12 letters: 5 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from EXTERMINATES by length: 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 11, 11 with 10, 25 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 31 with 2.
EXTERMINATE is the only one of the 11-letter words made with EXTERMINATES letters; it scores 20 points.
EXTERMINES, REEXAMINES and TAXIMETERS are the top 10-letter words in EXTERMINATES, 19 points each. TERMINATES will look familiar.
Of the 25 9-letter words you get when you unscramble EXTERMINATES, 8 score 18 points, the group's best. TERMINATE, EXAMINERS and EXTREMIST are the ones most people know.
7 of 60 8-letter words from EXTERMINATES tie at 17 points; none scores more. ESTIMATE, EMIRATES and TRANSMIT will look familiar.
Of the 60 7-letter words in EXTERMINATES, 10 score 16 points, the group's best. MATTERS, EXTREME and EXAMINE are the ones most people know.
13 of 60 6-letter words made with EXTERMINATES letters tie at 15 points; none scores more. MATRIX, EXTENT and EXTRAS will look familiar.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble EXTERMINATES; 13 of them share the top score of 14. ITEMS, EXTRA and TAXES are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words from EXTERMINATES, the top score is 13, reached by 5. NEXT, ITEM and TEXT are the familiar ones.
Among the 3-letter words in EXTERMINATES, MAX and MIX tie for first at 12 points. ARE, ART and MAN are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of EXTERMINATES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with EX · ending in ES · all 12-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by REEXAMINES and TAXIMETERS (19 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
EXTERMINATES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXTERMINATES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 429) | 338 | 427 | 313 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EXAMETRES, EXAMETRE, MARTEXTS, EXTERNATS, MARTEXT, SIXTEENER, TEXTISM, EXEEMS, EXEMES, EXTERNAT, EXTRAITS, EXTREATS and 78 more, 90 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: EXTRANETS, EXTRANET, SAXMEN, REXINES, TEXTERS, REXINE, TEXTER, NEXTS, SEXER, SIXER, INTERMATS, EMERITAS and 12 more, 24 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: AMEX. Not in Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: MAINSTREET.
This word takes every letter of EXTERMINATES plus a single extra one.