114 words come out when you unscramble EXTERNS, starting with EXTERNS itself: 14 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. EXTERN, EXERTS and EXSERT are the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. It has 7 letters, 2 vowels and 5 consonants. All 7 tiles of EXTERNS in one turn: 64 in Scrabble (14 + 50), 50 in Words With Friends (15 + 35).
Looking for xnester? They use the same letters as EXTERNS, so the words on this page are their answers too.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from EXTERNS by length: 1 with 7 letters, 12 with 6, 32 with 5, 36 with 4, 23 with 3 and 10 with 2.
Of the 32 5-letter words in EXTERNS, 5 score 12 points, the group's best. ENTER, TEENS and TREES are the ones most people know.
The 4-letter words from EXTERNS are led by EXES, NEXT and SEXT, 11 points each. TEEN, SEEN and SENT are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of EXTERNS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with EX · ending in NS · all 7-letter words
EXTERNS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept EXTERNS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXTERNS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 114) | 89 | 114 | 81 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TEXES, TEX, STRENE, ETENS, NETES, REENS, STEEN, TEERS, TENES, ENES, ENTS, ERES and 13 more, 25 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: NEXTS, SEXER, TERES, ESNE, TRES, EST, TES and TE, 8 in all.
These 3 words take every letter of EXTERNS plus a single extra one.