Is EXCISE valid in Words with Friends?

Yes. Words with Friends accepts EXCISE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.

How many points is EXCISE worth?

EXCISE is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to EXCISE?

EXCISE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.

EXCISE is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points

Yes. EXCISE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.

e1x8c3i1s1e1

PlayableEXCISE · 6 letters · 15 pts Scrabble · 16 pts WWF

15points in Scrabble

16points in Words with Friends

6letters

2hooks available

1 in 250,853odds of drawing this rack

Which word lists accept EXCISE?

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: 45 / 100

45WORD POWER

Points per tile 35%

2.5

Hooks 25%

Bingo potential 20%

Tile availability 20%

6.67%

Our own measure of how useful EXCISE is to know. It scores 15 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for EXCISE

Front hooks — 0

None.

Back hooks — 2

excised17 excises16

Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.

How EXCISE scores

Scrabble e1x8c3i1s1e1 15

Words with Friends e1x8c4i1s1e1 16

Face value of the 6 tiles in EXCISE, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

Letter	Needed	In the bag
e	2	12
x	1	1
c	1	2
i	1	9
s	1	4

Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 250,853.

What stands out about EXCISE

EXCISE begins and ends with the same letter.

Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things

Words starting with EXCISE

excised17 excises16 exciseman20 excisemen20

4 longer words begin with EXCISE.

Shorter words from the letters in EXCISE

execs14 exies12 exec13 exes11 cees6 ices6 sice6 sex10 six10 xes10 xis10 cee5 cis5 ice5 sec5 sic5 see3 sei3 ex9 xi9 ee2 es2 is2 si2

Common questions about EXCISE

Is EXCISE valid in Words with Friends?: Yes. Words with Friends accepts EXCISE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
How many points is EXCISE worth?: EXCISE is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
What letters can be added to EXCISE?: EXCISE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.

Every word you can build from the 6 letters of EXCISE:

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