What EXPEDIENT Means
- adjective: serving to promote your interest“was merciful only when mercy was expedient”
- adjective: appropriate to a purpose; practical“in the circumstances it was expedient to express loyalty”
- noun: a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
EXPEDIENT is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 19 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as E1 X8 P3 E1 D2 I1 E1 N1 T1.
Words Made From The Letters In EXPEDIENT
134 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 (1)
6 letter words (13)
5 letter words (19)
4 letter words (47)
DEENDEEPDEETDENEDENIDENTDIETDINEDINTDIPTDITEEDITEIDEEINEEPEEETENEXEDEXITIDEENEEDNEEPNETENEXTNIDENIEDNITENIXEPEEDPEENPEINPENDPENEPENIPENTPIEDPIETPINEPINTTEEDTEENTEINTENDTENETIDETIEDTINDTINE
3 letter words (38)
DEEDEIDENDEXDIEDINDIPDITEENENDENEIDENEDNEENEPNETNIDNIENIPNITNIXPEDPEEPENPETPIEPINPITPIXTEDTEETENTEXTIDTIETINTIPTIX
2 letter words (16)
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