Unscramble XERISCAPE and you have 276 words, XERISCAPE itself among them: it scores 20 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from XERISCAPE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 18 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 17 with 2. None has 8 letters.
CAPEXES tops the 7-letter words in XERISCAPE at 18 points; next come EXPIRES and PREXIES on 16. RECIPES and PRECISE will look familiar.
Among 60 6-letter words made with XERISCAPE letters, the top score is 15, reached by 7. PRICES, RECIPE and PIECES are the familiar ones.
The best of the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble XERISCAPE is CAPEX, 16 points; CAREX and EXECS on 14 follow. PRICE, SPACE and PEACE are everyday picks.
APEX, EXEC and PREX are the top 4-letter words from XERISCAPE, 13 points each. CASE, CARE and CARS will look familiar.
PAX and PIX share the top score of 12 among the 3-letter words from XERISCAPE. ARE, CAR and AIR are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of XERISCAPE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with X · ending in PE · all 9-letter words
XERISCAPE first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
XERISCAPE is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| XERISCAPE itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 276) | 233 | 274 | 220 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
43 of the 276 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CAPEXES, CAPEX, PREXIE, EXIES, EPACRIS, PEARCES, PERCASE, PREACES, SAXE, PEARCE, PERCES, PICRAS and 31 more. 11 of the 276 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: XERISCAPE, SEXER, SIXER, CAPRESE, PACIER, CAPRI, PERCS, PERC, CRIA, PERE and RAI. 2 of the 276 answers are missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: CRIPS and CRIP.
Each word below uses all the letters of XERISCAPE and one more.