EXPLETORY is a valid Scrabble word — 21 points
Yes. EXPLETORY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 21 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EXPLETORY?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EXPLETORY is to know. It scores 21 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EXPLETORY
No single letter turns EXPLETORY into another word.
How EXPLETORY scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in EXPLETORY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so EXPLETORY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does EXPLETORY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rare
Serving only to fill out a sentence, line or space without adding meaning.
Expletory is a rare cousin of expletive in its filler sense. It describes words that pad a line of verse or a clause rather than carry any new idea.
How EXPLETORY is used
Expletory is rare and found mainly in grammar and in the study of poetry.
- The poet used an expletory word to complete the metre.
- Editors cut every expletory phrase from the report.
- The expletory clause added nothing to the argument.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EXPLETORY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in EXPLETORY
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Common questions about EXPLETORY
- Is EXPLETORY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EXPLETORY, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EXPLETORY worth?
- EXPLETORY is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EXPLETORY mean?
- Serving only to fill out a sentence, line or space without adding meaning.
- What letters can be added to EXPLETORY?
- No single letter can be added to EXPLETORY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of EXPLETORY:
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