What EXCAVATING Means
EXCAVATING is a form of EXCAVATE, which means:
- verb: recover through digging“Schliemann excavated Troy”
- verb: find by digging in the ground“I dug up an old box in the garden”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
EXCAVATING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 23 in Scrabble and 25 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as E1 X8 C3 A1 V4 A1 T1 I1 N1 G2.
Words Made From The Letters In EXCAVATING
272 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.
9 letter words (1)
8 letter words (5)
7 letter words (6)
6 letter words (32)
ACETINACTINGACTIVEAGNATEANETICATAVICATAXICAVANTIAVIATEAXENICCAAINGCATENACAVEATCAVINGCENTAIEATINGENATICEXACTAGITANAINCAGEINCAVEINGATENATIVETAEINGTAENIATAGINETANGIETAXINGTEAINGVACANTVACATEVEXING
5 letter words (48)
ACETAACINGACTINAECIAAGAINAGATEAGAVEAGENTAGITAAINGAANTAEANTICAVANTAVIANAVINEAXINGAXITECAVIECIVETENACTENIACENTIAEVICTEXACTEXINGGAITAGANEVGENICGIANTGIVENNAEVINAIVENGATITACANTAIGATANGATANGITENIATINEATINGEVATICVEGANVINCAVITAEVITEXVIXENXENIAXENIC
4 letter words (88)
ACAIACNEACTAAGENAGINAIGAAINEANCEANGAANTAANTEANTICAGECAINCANECANGCANTCATECAVACAVECENTCINECITECIVEEINAETICETNAEXITGAENGAINGAITGANEGANTGATEGAVEGEANGEATGEITGENAGENTGETAGIENGITEGIVEGNATNAGANAVENEATNEVINEXTNGAINICENITENIXETACETAIGTAINTANATANETANGTAVATAXATAXITEINTIANTICETIGETINATINETINGVAGIVAINVANEVANGVANTVEGAVEINVENAVENTVEXTVIAEVICEVIGAVINAVINEVINTVITAVITE
3 letter words (72)
ACEACTAGAAGEAIAAINAITANAANEANIANTATEAVAAVEAXECAACAGCANCATCIGCITEANEATENGETAGAEGANGATGENGETGIEGINGITICEINGITANAENAGNATNEGNETNIENITNIXTAETAGTAITANTAVTAXTEATECTEGTENTEXTICTIETIGTINTIXVACVAEVAGVANVATVEGVETVEXVIAVIEVIGVIN
2 letter words (20)
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