EXCIDE is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. EXCIDE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EXCIDE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EXCIDE is to know. It scores 16 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EXCIDE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How EXCIDE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in EXCIDE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 250,853.
What stands out about EXCIDE
- EXCIDE begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does EXCIDE mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaicrare
To cut out or cut off something.
Excide is a Latin-flavoured relative of excise and now survives mostly in dictionaries. It mirrors the pattern of decide and incise, with the sense of cutting away.
How EXCIDE is used
Archaic and very rare; modern writers use excise or cut out.
- The old surgeon wrote that he would excide the diseased part.
- To excide a clause from the law would change its meaning.
- The editor chose to excide the whole chapter.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EXCIDE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with EXCIDE
2 longer words begin with EXCIDE.
Shorter words from the letters in EXCIDE
Common questions about EXCIDE
- Is EXCIDE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EXCIDE, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EXCIDE worth?
- EXCIDE is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EXCIDE mean?
- To cut out or cut off something.
- What letters can be added to EXCIDE?
- EXCIDE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of EXCIDE:
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