Jumble solved
Is EXCAVATES a word? Yes.
EXCAVATES is a valid word in the Scrabble dictionary — 9 letters, worth 21 points before any premium squares. It rearranges into 1 anagram, with 129 words hidden inside it.
- Total words
- 129
- Full anagrams
- 1
- Longest answer
- 9 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 4 : 5
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 4 vowels (E, A, A, E) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 5 remaining consonants (X, C, V, T, S).
Anagrams of EXCAVATES
One word uses all 9 letters:
- excavates
9-letter words
1 word found8-letter words
1 word found- excavate20
7-letter words
4 words found6-letter words
6 words found5-letter words
21 words found+ 6 more 5-letter words
4-letter words
47 words found+ 32 more 4-letter words
3-letter words
39 words found+ 24 more 3-letter words
2-letter words
10 words foundWords hidden inside EXCAVATES
Without moving a single letter, reading excavates straight through uncovers 7 shorter words — excavate, ates, cava, ate, ava, tes, and more. The longest unbroken run is excavate.
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Best words for tile games
Playing Scrabble or Words with Friends? These finds carry the highest tile values (before any bonus squares).
Letter breakdown
Total Letters
9
Distinct
7
Vowels
44%
E, A, A, E
Consonants
56%
X, C, V, T, S
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Solving EXCAVATES: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters excavates?
Rearranging the 9 letters in excavates produces 129 valid words in total. A quick way to crack a scramble is to pull the vowels out first, then test familiar beginnings and endings (such as re-, un-, -ing, -ed and -er) against the consonants that are left. That approach lands the 9-letter answer excavates here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does excavates have any anagrams?
Using all 9 letters, excavates rearranges into exactly one word: excavates.
What is the longest word you can make from excavates?
The longest solution is excavates at 9 letters — it uses the most tiles of any word here.
What are the easiest short words from excavates?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: excavates yields aas, ace, act, ate, ats, ava, ave, axe, cat and cee. Two- and three-letter words are handy for warming up, for tricky racks, and for hooking onto letters already on the board in games like Scrabble and Words with Friends.
Which word from excavates scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, excavates is the top scorer from excavates at 21 points, followed by excavate (20), exactas (16) and exacta (15). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.
What smaller words are hidden inside excavates?
Read left to right without moving any letters and excavates already contains 7 shorter words: excavate, ates, cava, ate, ava and tes (plus 1 more). The longest run of consecutive letters that spells a word is excavate. Because this depends on the exact order, each spelling of the same letters hides a different set.