EXIES is valid in Collins, not in North America — 12 points
It depends on the list you play by. EXIES 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 not accept it either.
Which word lists accept EXIES?
| 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 | Not listed |
Word power: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EXIES is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EXIES
Front hooks — 1
dexiesBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How EXIES scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in EXIES, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 31,687.
What does EXIES mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scots
A sudden fit of hysterics or of violent, feverish agitation, as in an attack of ague.
Exies covers two things that English usually keeps apart: the shaking fit of a fever and a fit of hysterical nerves. In Scots the word almost always keeps this plural-looking shape, and there is no ordinary singular in everyday use, so exies behaves as one fixed noun rather than the plural of some other word. Someone said to have the exies is worked up or convulsed, not merely worried, and the word carries a sense of physical shaking that milder words for anxiety lack.
How EXIES is used
Scots; describes a nervous or feverish fit rather than everyday worry, and has no separate singular in ordinary use.
- The fright brought on a fit of the exies.
- He shook with the exies until the fever broke.
- Her grandmother called any bout of nerves the exies.
- The exies took her whenever the thunder started.
- Old Scots writing blames a scare or a chill for the exies.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EXIES and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in EXIES
8 words end in EXIES. Useful as a back hook: play EXIES onto a word already on the board.
Words with EXIES inside
2 words contain EXIES in the middle. Words that start with EXIES are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in EXIES
Common questions about EXIES
- Is EXIES valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and EXIES is not in it.
- How many points is EXIES worth?
- EXIES is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EXIES mean?
- A sudden fit of hysterics or of violent, feverish agitation, as in an attack of ague.
- What letters can be added to EXIES?
- EXIES takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of EXIES:
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