What It Scores
EXCUSED is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 17 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as E1 X8 C3 U1 S1 E1 D2.
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 EXCUSED
56 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 (5)
5 letter words (11)
4 letter words (17)
3 letter words (16)
2 letter words (7)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.