EXPURGATES

10 letters, 20 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What EXPURGATES Means

EXPURGATES is a form of EXPURGATE, which means:

verb: edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate“bowdlerize a novel”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

EXPURGATES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 20 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as E1 X8 P3 U1 R1 G2 A1 T1 E1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In EXPURGATES

658 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 (103)

5 letter words (208)

AGERS AGREE AGUES APERS APERT APRES APTER ARETE ARETS ARGUE ARGUS ASPER ASTER AUGER AURES EAGER EAGRE EARST EASER EATER EGERS EGEST EGRET ERASE ERUPT ESTER ETAGE ETAPE EXEAT EXERT EXPAT EXTRA GAPER GAPES GATER GATES GAUPS GAURS GEARE GEARS GEATS GEEPS GEEST GERES GESTE GETAS GETUP GRAPE GRASP GRATE GREAT GREES GREET GRESE GRUES GUARS GUEST PAGER PAGES PARES PAREU PARGE PARSE PARTS PASTE PATER PATES PATUS PAUSE PAXES PEAGE PEAGS PEARE PEARS PEART PEASE PEATS PEERS PEREA PERES PERSE PERST PERTS PETAR PETER PETRE PRASE PRATE PRATS PRAUS PREES PRESA PRESE PREST PRUTA PUERS PUREE PURES PURGE PURSE RAGEE RAGES RAGUS RATES RATUS RAXES REAPS REAST REATE REEST REGES REPEG RESAT RESET RETAG RETAX REUSE REXES RUGAE RUPEE SAGER SAREE SARGE SAUTE SEARE SEGAR SEGUE SEPTA SERGE SETAE SETUP SEXER SPAER SPARE SPART SPATE SPEAR SPEAT SPEER SPEUG SPRAG SPRAT SPREE SPRUE SPRUG SPUER SPURT SPUTA STAGE STARE STEAR STEEP STEER STERE STRAE STRAG STRAP STREP STUPA STUPE STURE SUGAR SUPER SUPRA SURAT SURGE SUTRA TAPER TAPES TAPUS TARES TARGE TARPS TASER TAUPE TAXER TAXES TAXUS TEARS TEASE TEERS TEGUA TEGUS TEPAS TERAS TERES TERGA TERSE TEXAS TEXES TRAPE TRAPS TREES TRUES TRUGS TUGRA TURPS TUXES UPSEE UPSET UPTER URASE URATE UREAS URGES URSAE USAGE XERUS

4 letter words (180)

3 letter words (106)

AGE AGS APE APT ARE ARS ART ASP ATE ATS AUE AXE EAR EAS EAT EAU ERA ERE ERG ERS EST ETA GAE GAP GAR GAS GAT GAU GEE GER GET GUE GUP GUR GUS GUT PAR PAS PAT PAX PEA PEE PEG PER PES PET PRE PST PUG PUR PUS PUT RAG RAP RAS RAT RAX REE REG REP RES RET REX RUE RUG RUT SAE SAG SAP SAR SAT SAU SAX SEA SEE SEG SER SET SPA SUE SUG SUP SUR TAE TAG TAP TAR TAS TAU TAX TEA TEE TEG TES TEX TUG TUP TUX UGS UPS URE URP USE UTA UTE UTS

2 letter words (25)

AE AG AR AS AT AX EA EE ER ES ET EX GU PA PE RE ST TA TE UG UP UR US UT XU

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