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EXACTLY

7 letters, 19 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What EXACTLY Means

  1. adverb: indicating exactness or preciseness“he was doing precisely (or exactly) what she had told him to do”
  2. adverb: just as it should be“‘Precisely, my lord,’ he said”

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

EXACTLY is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 19 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as E1 X8 A1 C3 T1 L1 Y4.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 69 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In EXACTLY

85 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

6 letter words (1)

5 letter words (11)

4 letter words (24)

3 letter words (35)

2 letter words (14)

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