EXCURSIVE is a valid Scrabble word — 21 points
Yes. EXCURSIVE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 21 points in Scrabble and 24 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EXCURSIVE?
| 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 EXCURSIVE is to know. It scores 21 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EXCURSIVE
No single letter turns EXCURSIVE into another word.
How EXCURSIVE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in EXCURSIVE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so EXCURSIVE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about EXCURSIVE
- EXCURSIVE 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 EXCURSIVE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Wandering away from the main subject or course.
Excursive suggests a rambling mind or style that keeps drifting off on side trips. It is a bookish word, near in spirit to digressive but a little more elegant.
How EXCURSIVE is used
Excursive is mostly found in literary criticism and formal descriptions of talks or essays.
- His excursive lecture touched on history, music and gardening.
- The critic complained that the novel was excursive and lacked a clear plot.
- She had an excursive imagination that never stayed in one place.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EXCURSIVE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with EXCURSIVE
3 longer words begin with EXCURSIVE.
Shorter words from the letters in EXCURSIVE
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Common questions about EXCURSIVE
- Is EXCURSIVE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EXCURSIVE, where it scores 24 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EXCURSIVE worth?
- EXCURSIVE is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 24 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EXCURSIVE mean?
- Wandering away from the main subject or course.
- What letters can be added to EXCURSIVE?
- No single letter can be added to EXCURSIVE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of EXCURSIVE:
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