171 words come out when you unscramble EXTIRPING, starting with EXTIRPING itself: 19 in Scrabble, 22 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, EXPIRING leads with 18 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from EXTIRPING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 4 with 7, 21 with 6, 30 with 5, 51 with 4, 48 with 3 and 14 with 2.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble EXTIRPING, PIXIE leads with 14 points, then EXING on 13 and NIXER on 12. PRINT, INTER and TIGER are the familiar ones.
PREX tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble EXTIRPING at 13 points; next come GREX on 12 and EXIT on 11. NEXT, RING and RENT will look familiar.
PIX scores highest among the 3-letter words from EXTIRPING at 12 points, ahead of NIX and REX on 10. GET, NET and TEN are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of EXTIRPING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with EX · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with EXPIRING (18 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts EXTIRPING, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXTIRPING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 171) | 131 | 170 | 123 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EXTIRPING, GENITRIX, EXTIRP, PINXIT, GREX, NIXER, TEX, NIPTER, PIRNIE, PIRNIT, TIGRINE, GIRNIE and 27 more, 39 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: EXING, TIX, PERITI, GITE, NEG, TEIN, GI and TE, 8 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.
This word takes every letter of EXTIRPING plus a single extra one.