EXPLICATES

10 letters, 21 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What EXPLICATES Means

EXPLICATES is a form of EXPLICATE, which means:

verb: make plain and comprehensible“He explained the laws of physics to his students”
verb: elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses“Could you develop the ideas in your thesis”

Similar words

EXPLAIN FORMULATE DEVELOP

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

EXPLICATES 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 P3 L1 I1 C3 A1 T1 E1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In EXPLICATES

693 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 (2)

EXPISCATE EXPLICATE

8 letter words (13)

CALIPEES CAPELETS EPILATES EPITAXES ESPECIAL EXCIPLES EXPIATES PIXELATE PLICATES SEPTICAL SPECIATE TELEPICS TIECLASP

7 letter words (40)

6 letter words (100)

5 letter words (211)

AISLE ALECS ALIST ASPIC AXELS AXILE AXILS AXITE AXLES CAESE CALIX CALPS CAPES CAPEX CAPLE CASTE CATES CEASE CEILS CELTS CEPES CESTA CESTI CETES CIELS CITAL CITES CLAES CLAPS CLAPT CLASP CLAST CLATS CLEAT CLEEP CLEPE CLEPT CLIES CLIPE CLIPS CLIPT EALES EASEL EASLE ECLAT EISEL ELATE ELECT ELITE EPACT EPICS ESILE ETAPE EXACT EXALT EXCEL EXEAT EXECS EXIES EXILE EXIST EXITS EXPAT EXPEL ICTAL ILEAC ISLET ISTLE IXTLE LACES LACET LAICS LAPIS LAPSE LATEX LAXES LEAPS LEAPT LEASE LEAST LEATS LEEPS LEETS LEPTA LEXES LEXIS LIPAS LITAS LITES PACES PACTS PAILS PAISE PALES PALET PASTE PATES PAXES PEACE PEALS PEASE PEATS PEELS PEISE PELAS PELES PELTA PELTS PETAL PICAL PICAS PIECE PIETA PIETS PILEA PILES PISTE PITAS PIXEL PIXES PLACE PLAIT PLAST PLATE PLATS PLEAS PLEAT PLICA PLIES SAICE SALEP SALET SALIC SALIX SCAIL SCALE SCALP SCAPE SCAPI SCEAT SEPAL SEPIA SEPIC SEPTA SETAE SETAL SILEX SIXTE SLATE SLEEP SLEET SLEPT SLICE SLIPE SLIPT SPACE SPAIL SPAIT SPALE SPALT SPATE SPEAL SPEAT SPEEL SPEIL SPELT SPIAL SPICA SPICE SPIEL SPILE SPILT SPITE SPLAT SPLIT STALE STEAL STEEL STEEP STEIL STELA STELE STILE STIPA STIPE TACES TAELS TAILS TALCS TALES TAPES TAPIS TAXES TAXIS TEALS TEASE TEELS TEILS TELAE TELES TELEX TELIA TELIC TEPAL TEPAS TESLA TEXAS TEXES TICAL TICES TILES

4 letter words (199)

3 letter words (103)

ACE ACT AIL AIS AIT ALE ALP ALS ALT APE APT ASP ATE ATS AXE CAP CAT CEE CEL CEP CIS CIT EAS EAT EEL ELS ELT EST ETA ICE ITA ITS LAC LAP LAS LAT LAX LEA LEE LEI LEP LES LET LEX LIE LIP LIS LIT PAC PAL PAS PAT PAX PEA PEC PEE PEL PES PET PIA PIC PIE PIS PIT PIX PSI PST SAC SAE SAI SAL SAP SAT SAX SEA SEC SEE SEI SEL SET SIC SIP SIT SIX SPA TAE TAI TAP TAS TAX TEA TEC TEE TEL TES TEX TIC TIE TIL TIP TIS TIX XIS

2 letter words (25)

AE AI AL AS AT AX EA EE EL ES ET EX IS IT LA LI PA PE PI SI ST TA TE TI XI

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