292 words come out when you unscramble INEXPECTANT, starting with INEXPECTANT itself: 22 in Scrabble, 26 in Words With Friends. EXPECTANT and EXCEPTANT are the best of the shorter words, at 20 points. The 11 letters split into 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
I1N12E1X8P34E1C34T1A1N12T1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from INEXPECTANT by length: 1 with 11 letters, 3 with 9, 6 with 8, 21 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2. None has 10 letters.
4 of 21 7-letter words from INEXPECTANT tie at 16 points; none scores more. PATIENT, ANCIENT and EXTINCT will look familiar.
EXCEPT and EXPECT share the top score of 17 among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble INEXPECTANT. EXTENT, PATENT and INTENT are the ones most people know.
The best of the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble INEXPECTANT is CAPEX, 16 points; EXACT and EXPAT on 14 follow. PEACE, PIECE and PAINT are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words from INEXPECTANT are led by APEX and EXEC, 13 points each. NEXT, TEXT and NICE are the familiar ones.
PAX and PIX are the top 3-letter words in INEXPECTANT, 12 points each. CAN, TAX and ACT will look familiar.
Keep every letter of INEXPECTANT but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with IN · ending in NT · all 11-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; EXCEPT, EXCITANT and EXPECT (17 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
INEXPECTANT is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| INEXPECTANT itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 292) | 231 | 291 | 222 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
60 of the 292 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: INEXPECTANT, EXCEPTANT, EXITANCE, CAPEX, EXTATIC, EXTINE, EXEAT, PENTACT, PENTICE, CATNEP, PEINCT, PIANETTE and 48 more. 10 of the 292 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PICANTE, TIX, CENTAI, INCENT, NEPETA, PITTA, TAENITE, NIENTE, TEC and TE. 1 of the 292 answers is missing from Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: NANCE.