Unscramble EXTINCTURES and you have 374 words, EXTINCTURES itself among them: it scores 20 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, EXTINCTURE leads with 19 points. The 11 letters split into 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from EXTINCTURES by length: 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 8 with 9, 42 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
Just 1 of the 10-letter words in EXTINCTURES: EXTINCTURE, for 19 points.
EXCITERS and EXTINCTS share the top score of 17 among the 8-letter words you get when you unscramble EXTINCTURES. INTEREST, TEXTURES and INSTRUCT are the ones most people know.
6 of 60 7-letter words from EXTINCTURES tie at 16 points; none scores more. ENTRIES, CENTERS and CENTRES will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words made with EXTINCTURES letters, 5 score 15 points, the group's best. CENTER, CENTRE and CRUISE are the ones most people know.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble EXTINCTURES are led by EXECS, XENIC and XERIC, 14 points each. EXIST, TEXTS and CENTS are the familiar ones.
CRUX and EXEC are the top 4-letter words from EXTINCTURES, 13 points each. NEXT, TEXT and NICE will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words in EXTINCTURES, 8 score 10 points, the group's best. SEE, ITS and SET are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of EXTINCTURES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with EX · ending in ES · all 11-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with EXCITERS and EXTINCTS (17 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: EXTINCTURES is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXTINCTURES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 374) | 293 | 374 | 267 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
79 of the 374 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EXTINCTURES, EXTINCTURE, EXCURSE, TUTRIXES, EXTINES, EXTINE, NIXERS, TUTRIX, EXIES, NIXER, TEXES, CENTRIES and 67 more. 28 of the 374 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: TEXTURISE, UNSEXIER, REXINES, TEXTERS, URTEXTE, REXINE, TEXTER, NEXTS, SEXER, SIXER, ENTERICS, TIX and 16 more. 2 of the 374 answers are missing from Scrabble US: CUNTS and CUNT.