explicitly needs no unscrambling at all — the ten-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 24 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 113 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
explicitly is the highest-scoring word from explicitly, worth 24 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 113 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in explicitly — and it is explicitly itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 24 points in Scrabble.
There are 3 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in explicitly. No common everyday answer stands out among these eight-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring word is explicit, worth 19 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in explicitly produces 2 valid seven-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these seven-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring word is licitly, worth 12 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling explicitly turns up 5 six-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these six-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring word is exilic, worth 15 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 18 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in explicitly. No common everyday answer stands out among these five-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are cylix and pyxie, each worth 17 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in explicitly produces 39 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with cell, city, clip, epic, exit, lice, and pile. For points, the strongest play is pixy — worth 16 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling explicitly turns up 34 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ice, ill, let, lie, lip, lit, and pet. For points, the strongest play is pyx — worth 15 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 11 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in explicitly. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ex and it. For points, the strongest plays are ex and xi — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
explicitly is in the NWL, the official Scrabble word list for North America, and in the Words With Friends dictionary, so it's playable exactly as it stands and needs no unscrambling.
The 3-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
Dictionaries record one sense for explicitly. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 24 points on a Scrabble board:
explicitly is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing explicitly unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is explicitly, worth 24 points in Scrabble, and no other word from explicitly earns more points in Scrabble. Words With Friends prices the same letters differently, so the top of the list changes on a Words With Friends board. Both scores count tile values only and exclude premium squares.
The letters in explicitly produce 113 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 3 eight-letter words, 2 seven-letter words, 5 six-letter words, 18 five-letter words, 39 four-letter words, 34 three-letter words and 11 two-letter words.