439 words come out when you unscramble EXTERMINATING, starting with EXTERMINATING itself: 23 in Scrabble, 27 in Words With Friends. The 13 letters split into 5 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from EXTERMINATING split into 1 with 13 letters, 3 with 11, 9 with 10, 38 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 28 with 2. None has 12 letters.
Among the 11-letter words made with EXTERMINATING letters, EXTERMINING and REEXAMINING tie for first at 21 points. TERMINATING is an everyday pick.
EXTREATING tops the 10-letter words in EXTERMINATING at 18 points; next come INGEMINATE and REEMITTING on 13.
The best of the 9-letter words from EXTERMINATING is EXAMINING, 19 points; TAXIMETER on 18 and GAMINERIE on 12 follow. REMAINING, INTEGRATE and TERMINATE are everyday picks.
REMIXING tops the 8-letter words you get when you unscramble EXTERMINATING at 18 points; next come EXAMINER and INTERMIX on 17. TRAINING, ENTERING and INTIMATE will look familiar.
Among the 7-letter words made with EXTERMINATING letters, EXEMING leads with 17 points, then EXAMINE and EXTREMA on 16. MEETING, MEANING and IMAGINE are the familiar ones.
MAXING and MIXING share the top score of 16 among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble EXTERMINATING. MATRIX, EXTENT and MINING are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words from EXTERMINATING; 7 of them share the top score of 14. IMAGE, EXTRA and ANIME are everyday picks.
5 of 60 4-letter words in EXTERMINATING tie at 13 points; none scores more. NAME, NEXT and ITEM will look familiar.
MAX and MIX share the top score of 12 among the 3-letter words made with EXTERMINATING letters. GET, MAN and MEN are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of EXTERMINATING for another and you can spell these 5 words:
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The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by REEXAMINING (21 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. EXTERMINATING is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXTERMINATING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 439) | 350 | 438 | 324 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 88 of them: EXTREATING, EXEMING, EXIGEANT, GENETRIX, GENITRIX, MARTEXT, EXTERNAT, MIXIER, TRIMIX, AXINITE, EXTRAIT, EXTREAT and 76 more. Words With Friends* skips 26 of them: MAXING, EXTRANET, TEXTING, EXING, REXINE, TEXTER, GERMINANT, IMAGINEER, MITIGANT, ANTIMINE, INTEGRANT, INTERMAT and 14 more. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: AMEX.