EXEAT is valid in Collins, not in North America — 12 points
It depends on the list you play by. EXEAT is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 12 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept EXEAT?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EXEAT is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 8.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EXEAT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
exeatsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How EXEAT scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in EXEAT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 21,124.
What does EXEAT mean in Scrabble?
noun
formalBritish
A formal permission to be absent for a set period, especially from a college, boarding school or religious house.
Exeat is simply the Latin for let him go out, and English borrowed the word whole rather than translating it, which is why it still looks and sounds foreign. British boarding schools and older university colleges grant an exeat to mark a stretch of days when a pupil or student may leave the grounds with the institution's blessing. The same word once named the leave a bishop granted a priest to step outside his own diocese, a sense now mostly historical. What sets an exeat apart from ordinary permission is the paperwork: it is granted, recorded, and can just as easily be refused.
How EXEAT is used
Formal and chiefly British; used in the language of schools, colleges and, historically, the clergy.
- She applied for an exeat to spend the weekend at home.
- No student may leave the college without a signed exeat.
- His exeat covered three days over half term.
- The housemaster refused the exeat until the fees were settled.
- An exeat from the bishop once let a priest cross into another diocese.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EXEAT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with EXEAT
1 longer words begin with EXEAT.
Shorter words from the letters in EXEAT
Common questions about EXEAT
- Is EXEAT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EXEAT, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EXEAT worth?
- EXEAT is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EXEAT mean?
- A formal permission to be absent for a set period, especially from a college, boarding school or religious house.
- What letters can be added to EXEAT?
- EXEAT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of EXEAT:
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