EXCAVATION Meaning, Scrabble Score and Anagrams

What EXCAVATION Means

noun: the act of digging“there's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton”
noun: the site of an archeological exploration“they set up camp next to the dig”

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

EXCAVATION is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 22 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as E1 X8 C3 A1 V4 A1 T1 I1 O1 N1.

Words Made From The Letters In EXCAVATION

303 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.

8 letter words (6)

CAVATINE CONATIVE EXACTION INVOCATE VACATION VEXATION

7 letter words (7)

ACONITE ANOETIC CENTAVO EXCITON EXOTICA INEXACT VENATIC

6 letter words (41)

5 letter words (61)

4 letter words (93)

3 letter words (70)

ACE ACT AIA AIN AIT ANA ANE ANI ANT ATE AVA AVE AVO AXE CAA CAN CAT CIT CON COT EAN EAT ECO EON ETA EVO EXO ICE ION ITA NAE NAT NET NIE NIT NIX NOT NOX OAT OCA ONE OVA TAE TAI TAN TAO TAV TAX TEA TEC TEN TEX TIC TIE TIN TIX TOC TOE TON VAC VAE VAN VAT VET VEX VIA VIE VIN VOE VOX

2 letter words (25)

AA AE AI AN AT AX EA EN ET EX IN IO IT NA NE NO OE OI ON OX TA TE TI TO XI

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EXCAVATION