What EXPLODE Means
- verb: cause to burst with a violent release of energy“We exploded the nuclear bomb”
- verb: burst outward, usually with noise“The champagne bottle exploded”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
EXPLODE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 17 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as E1 X8 P3 L1 O1 D2 E1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 67 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In EXPLODE
71 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 (2)
5 letter words (9)
4 letter words (21)
3 letter words (26)
2 letter words (13)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.