What EXCEPTION Means
- noun: a deliberate act of omission“with the exception of the children, everyone was told the news”
- noun: an instance that does not conform to a rule or generalization“all her children were brilliant; the only exception was her last child”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
EXCEPTION is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 20 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as E1 X8 C3 E1 P3 T1 I1 O1 N1.
Words Made From The Letters In EXCEPTION
189 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.
7 letter words (6)
6 letter words (23)
CENOTEENTICEEXCEPTEXCITEEXONICEXOTICEXPECTEXTINEINCEPTNOETICNOTICEPECTENPECTINPEINCTPICENEPICOTEPIECENPOETICPOINTEPONTICPONTIEPOTEENTOXINE
5 letter words (29)
CENTOCONTECOPENCTENEEXINEINEPTNEPITNETOPNIECEONCETONTICOPINEOPTICPENCEPENIEPICOTPIECEPINOTPINTOPITONPOINTPONCEPOTINTONICTOPEETOPICTOXICTOXINXENIC
4 letter words (60)
CENTCEPECETECINECIONCITECITOCOINCOITCONECONICOPECOTEEINEEPICETENETICEXECEXITEXONEXPOICONINTONEEPNETENEXTNICENITENIXENOPENOTEOINTONCEONIEOPENOTICOXENPEENPEINPENEPENIPENTPEONPICEPIETPINEPINTPIONPOETPONEPONTPOTETEENTEINTENETICETINETONETOPETOPI
3 letter words (50)
CEECEPCITCONCOPCOTECOEENENEEONEXOICEIONNEENEPNETNIENIPNITNIXNOTNOXONEOPEOPTPECPEEPENPETPICPIEPINPITPIXPOIPOTPOXTECTEETENTEXTICTIETINTIPTIXTOCTOETONTOP
2 letter words (21)
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