Unscramble XERANTIC to get 222 words. XERANTIC itself is a real word: 17 points on a Scrabble board, 19 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is INEXACT, 16 points. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from XERANTIC by length: 1 with 8 letters, 8 with 7, 20 with 6, 56 with 5, 60 with 4, 57 with 3 and 20 with 2.
AXENIC tops the 6-letter words made with XERANTIC letters at 15 points; next come ACETIN and ANETIC on 8. RETAIN, TRANCE and RETINA will look familiar.
Of the 56 5-letter words you get when you unscramble XERANTIC, 4 score 14 points, the group's best. EXTRA, TRAIN and EXACT are the ones most people know.
4 of 60 4-letter words from XERANTIC tie at 11 points; none scores more. NEXT, CARE and RATE will look familiar.
Of the 57 3-letter words made with XERANTIC letters, 7 score 10 points, the group's best. ARE, CAN and CAR are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of XERANTIC for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with X · ending in IC · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; INEXACT (16 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: XERANTIC 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| XERANTIC itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 222) | 181 | 221 | 169 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 40 of them: XERANTIC, NIXER, TEX, CANTIER, CRINATE, NACRITE, ANETIC, CANIER, CREANT, CRIANT, ARTIC, CRENA and 28 more. Words With Friends* skips 12 of them: TIX, TACRINE, CENTAI, RECIT, CERT, CRIA, CRIT, TEC, ARIE, NARE, RAI and TE. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: ITER.
This word takes every letter of XERANTIC plus a single extra one.