8-Letter Words Starting With EXPLA
- 2 words
- All English dictionaries
- Scrabble points
Popular 8-Letter Words Starting With EXPLA
The most familiar words on this list, with their Scrabble scores.
All 8-Letter Words Starting With EXPLA 2 words
How common is EXPLA at the start of eight-letter words?
Our combined English word list has 2 eight-letter words that start with EXPLA. They average 17 points and the best is EXPLAINS (17 points).
- Total words
- 2
- Average Scrabble score
- 17
- out of 17 max
- Everyday words
- 50%
- common in ordinary English
- Most common ending
- S
- 100% of words
Most common last letters
- s 100%
Top vowel pairs
- ai50%
Share of words where these two vowels sit side by side.
Rare words worth knowing
Valid in this dictionary but rarely seen in everyday English.
Highest-scoring eight-letter word that starts with EXPLA
e 1x 8p 3l 1a 1i 1n 1s 1
E 1 + X 8 + P 3 + L 1 + A 1 + I 1 + N 1 + S 1 = 17 points
- Double word
- 34 pts
- Triple word
- 51 pts
Face value of the tiles, then the whole word on a double- or triple-word square (letter bonuses and bingos not included).
explains
Form of explain
- verbmake plain and comprehensible“He explained the laws of physics to his students”
- verbdefine“The committee explained their plan for fund-raising to the Dean”
- verbserve as a reason or cause or justification of“Your need to sleep late does not excuse your late arrival at work”
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How many eight-letter words that start with EXPLA are there?
There are 2 eight-letter words that start with EXPLA in our combined English word list. Other dictionaries give different totals, so switch dictionary at the top of the list to compare.
What is the highest-scoring eight-letter word that starts with EXPLA?
EXPLAINS is worth 17 points in Scrabble before any bonus squares. Other strong options are EXPLANTS (17).