EXPLICATORY is a valid Scrabble word — 25 points
Yes. EXPLICATORY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 25 points in Scrabble and 27 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EXPLICATORY?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EXPLICATORY is to know. It scores 25 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EXPLICATORY
No single letter turns EXPLICATORY into another word.
How EXPLICATORY scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in EXPLICATORY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so EXPLICATORY has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about EXPLICATORY
- All 11 letters of EXPLICATORY are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does EXPLICATORY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
formal
Intended to lay out and make plain the sense of a text or idea.
Explicatory is a rarer twin of explicative and is often seen in titles of commentaries. Players meet it as a long, vowel-heavy word with several awkward consonants.
How EXPLICATORY is used
Explicatory is found in formal prose about commentaries, notes and critical readings.
- The volume ends with an explicatory essay on the poem.
- She wrote explicatory notes for every difficult clause.
- An explicatory preface helped new readers approach the text.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EXPLICATORY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in EXPLICATORY
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Common questions about EXPLICATORY
- Is EXPLICATORY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EXPLICATORY, where it scores 27 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EXPLICATORY worth?
- EXPLICATORY is worth 25 points in Scrabble and 27 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EXPLICATORY mean?
- Intended to lay out and make plain the sense of a text or idea.
- What letters can be added to EXPLICATORY?
- No single letter can be added to EXPLICATORY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of EXPLICATORY:
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