EXCEPTIONS

10 letters, 21 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What EXCEPTIONS Means

EXCEPTIONS is a form of EXCEPTION, which 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

EXCEPTIONS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 21 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as E1 X8 C3 E1 P3 T1 I1 O1 N1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In EXCEPTIONS

545 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 (3)

EXCEPTION EXSECTION POTENCIES

8 letter words (10)

ECTOPIES EXCITONS ICESTONE PECTINES PENTICES PICOTEES PONCIEST POTENCES SEICENTO SIXPENCE

7 letter words (44)

6 letter words (83)

5 letter words (140)

4 letter words (150)

3 letter words (88)

CEE CEP CIS CIT CON COP COS COT ECO EEN ENE ENS EON EST EXO ICE INS ION IOS ISO ITS NEE NEP NET NIE NIP NIS NIT NIX NOS NOT NOX OES OIS ONE ONS OPE OPS OPT OSE PEC PEE PEN PES PET PIC PIE PIN PIS PIT PIX POI POS POT POX PSI PST SEC SEE SEI SEN SET SIC SIN SIP SIT SIX SOC SON SOP SOT SOX TEC TEE TEN TES TEX TIC TIE TIN TIP TIS TIX TOC TOE TON TOP XIS

2 letter words (27)

EE EN ES ET EX IN IO IS IT NE NO OE OI ON OP OS OX PE PI PO SI SO ST TE TI TO XI

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