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EXPECTS

7 letters, 18 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What EXPECTS Means

EXPECTS is a form of EXPECT, which means:

  1. verb: regard something as probable or likely“The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow”
  2. verb: consider obligatory; request and expect“We require our secretary to be on time”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

EXPECTS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 18 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as E1 X8 P3 E1 C3 T1 S1.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 68 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Anagrams of EXPECTS (1)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Words Made From The Letters In EXPECTS

49 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 (3)

5 letter words (5)

4 letter words (19)

3 letter words (15)

2 letter words (7)

Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.