Unscramble EXTERNALS and you have 299 words, EXTERNALS itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, EXTERNAL and EXALTERS lead with 15 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from EXTERNALS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 8, 31 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
Of the 31 7-letter words in EXTERNALS, 5 score 14 points, the group's best. RENTALS, EASTERN and NEAREST are the ones most people know.
Among 60 6-letter words from EXTERNALS, the top score is 13, reached by 9. RENTAL, ALERTS and EXTRAS are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble EXTERNALS, 21 score 12 points, the group's best. ENTER, EXTRA and LASER are the ones most people know.
9 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble EXTERNALS tie at 11 points; none scores more. NEXT, LAST and EAST will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words from EXTERNALS, 9 score 10 points, the group's best. ARE, ART and TAX are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of EXTERNALS, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with EX · ending in LS · all 9-letter words
EXTERNALS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept EXTERNALS, and the Words With Friends list has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXTERNALS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 299) | 240 | 299 | 226 |
* US: NWL2023. UK: Collins CSW24. *Words With Friends' list can change.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 59 of them: EXEATS, EXEAT, TEXES, LANX, SAXE, SEAX, TEX, ALTERNES, ALTERNE, ELANETS, RATEENS, SLANTER and 47 more. Words With Friends* skips 14 of them: LAXES, NEXTS, SEXER, STERANE, ARENES, ARENE, EASER, LARNS, LARNT, LARN, ATS, EST and 2 more.