EXCISEMAN is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. EXCISEMAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 23 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EXCISEMAN?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EXCISEMAN is to know. It scores 20 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EXCISEMAN
No single letter turns EXCISEMAN into another word.
How EXCISEMAN scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in EXCISEMAN, 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 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so EXCISEMAN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does EXCISEMAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
An official in Britain who collected excise duties and hunted for smuggled goods.
An exciseman was a familiar and unloved figure in the eighteenth century, riding out to inspect breweries, distilleries and suspicious barns. The poet Robert Burns worked in the trade for a time.
How EXCISEMAN is used
Exciseman is a historical word, and the plural is excisemen.
- The exciseman measured the barrels in the brewery.
- Smugglers hid their brandy from the exciseman.
- A village exciseman knew every cellar in the parish.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EXCISEMAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in EXCISEMAN
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Common questions about EXCISEMAN
- Is EXCISEMAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EXCISEMAN, where it scores 23 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EXCISEMAN worth?
- EXCISEMAN is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EXCISEMAN mean?
- An official in Britain who collected excise duties and hunted for smuggled goods.
- What letters can be added to EXCISEMAN?
- No single letter can be added to EXCISEMAN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of EXCISEMAN:
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