The 800 most common words that start with EX, out of 1009 in the dictionary. Grouped by length, shortest first, with each word’s score using standard letter values. Rarer and archaic words are left off so the list stays usable — use the filter box to narrow it further.
800 words
Most used words starting with EX (24)
- experience21
- example18
- exchange21
- executive21
- excellent18
- express16
- extra12
- except17
- external15
- exercise17
- expert15
- extended17
- expect17
- extension16
- exactly19
- explore16
- expression19
- extreme16
- exclusive21
- exposure17
- exist12
- explain16
- expressed19
- extent13
2 letter words starting with EX (1)
- ex9
4 letter words starting with EX (3)
- exam13
- exit11
- exon11
5 letter words starting with EX (13)
- exact14
- exalt12
- excel14
- exeat12
- exert12
- exile12
- exist12
- exode13
- expel14
- extol12
- extra12
- exude13
- exult12
6 letter words starting with EX (46)
- examen15
- exarch18
- excamb19
- excave18
- exceed16
- except17
- excess15
- excide16
- excise15
- excite15
- excuse15
- excuss15
- exedra14
- exempt17
- exequy25
- exeunt13
- exhale16
- exhort16
- exhume18
- exiler13
- exilic15
- exmoor15
- exodic16
- exodos14
- exodus14
- exogen14
- exotic15
- expand16
- expect17
- expede16
- expend16
- expert15
- expire15
- expiry18
- expone15
- export15
- expose15
- expugn16
- exsect15
- exsert13
- extant13
- extend14
- extent13
- extern13
- extine13
- extort13
7 letter words starting with EX (66)
- exacter16
- exactly19
- exactor16
- exalted15
- exalter14
- examine16
- example18
- exarate14
- excerpt18
- exciple18
- excited17
- exciter16
- excitor16
- exclaim18
- exclave19
- exclude17
- excreta16
- excrete16
- excurse16
- excusal16
- excuser16
- execute16
- exedent15
- exegete15
- exergue15
- exhaust17
- exhibit19
- exhumer19
- exigent15
- exility17
- exister14
- exocarp18
- exoderm17
- exogamy20
- exogyra18
- exotism16
- expanse16
- expense16
- expiate16
- expiree16
- expirer16
- explain16
- explant16
- explode17
- exploit16
- explore16
- exposal16
- exposed17
- exposer16
- exposit16
- expound17
- express16
- expulse16
- expunge17
- expurge17
- exscind17
- extense14
- externe14
- extinct16
- extract16
- extreme16
- extrude15
- exudate15
- exultet14
- exuviae17
- exuvial17
8 letter words starting with EX (96)
- exacting18
- exaction17
- examinee17
- examiner17
- exanthem20
- exarchal20
- excavate20
- excecate19
- exceeder18
- exceptor19
- exchange21
- excircle19
- excision17
- excitant17
- exciting18
- excitive20
- excluder18
- excretal17
- excreter17
- excursus17
- excurved21
- excusing18
- excusive20
- execrate17
- executed18
- executer17
- executor17
- exegesis16
- exegetic18
- exemplar19
- exequial24
- exercise17
- exergual16
- exertion15
- exertive18
- exhalant18
- exhorter18
- exigence18
- exigency21
- exigible18
- exiguity19
- exiguous16
- exilarch20
- eximious17
- existent15
- exocrine17
- exogamic20
- exogenic18
- exoplasm19
- exorable17
- exorcise17
- exorcism19
- exorcist17
- exordial16
- exordium18
- exospore17
- exostome17
- exoteric17
- exotheca20
- exotoxic24
- exotoxin22
- expanded19
- expander18
- expecter19
- expedite18
- expellee17
- expeller17
- expender18
- expertly20
- expiable19
- expiator17
- expirant17
- expiring18
- explicit19
- exploded19
- exploder18
- explorer17
- exponent17
- exporter17
- exposure17
- expulser17
- expunger18
- exserted16
- extended17
- extender16
- extensor15
- exterior15
- external15
- extoller15
- extorter15
- extrados16
- extrorse15
- extruder16
- exultant15
- exundate16
- exuviate18
9 letter words starting with EX (189)
- exactable20
- exactness18
- exactress18
- exagitate17
- exaltedly20
- examinant18
- examinate18
- examining19
- exanimate18
- exanthema21
- exaration16
- exarchate21
- excalibur20
- excambion22
- excarnate18
- excaudate19
- excavator21
- exceeding20
- excellent18
- excelsior18
- excentral18
- excentric20
- exceptant20
- exception20
- exceptive23
- excerptor20
- excessive21
- exchanger22
- exchequer30
- excipient20
- excipulum22
- excisable20
- exciseman20
- excitable20
- excitator18
- excitedly22
- exclaimer20
- exclosure18
- excluding20
- exclusion18
- exclusive21
- exclusory21
- excoriate18
- excrement20
- excretion18
- excretive21
- excretory21
- exculpate20
- excurrent18
- excursion18
- excursive21
- excurvate21
- excusable20
- excusably23
- excusator18
- execrable20
- execrably23
- execrator18
- executant18
- execution18
- executive21
- executory21
- executrix25
- exegetics19
- exegetist17
- exemplary23
- exemplify26
- exemption20
- exemptive23
- exequatur25
- exerciser18
- exfoliate19
- exhalable21
- exhausted20
- exhauster19
- exhibiter21
- exhibitor21
- exigenter17
- exigently20
- exilement18
- exinanite16
- existence18
- existible18
- exoculate18
- exodermis19
- exodontia17
- exoenzyme30
- exogamous19
- exogenous17
- exonerate16
- exopathic23
- exophasia21
- exopodite19
- exorciser18
- exosmosis18
- exosmotic20
- exosporal18
- exostosed17
- exostosis16
- exostotic18
- exoticism20
- exoticist18
- exotropia18
- expanding20
- expansile18
- expansion18
- expansive21
- expatiate18
- expectant20
- expective23
- expedient19
- expedited20
- expediter19
- expellant18
- expensive21
- experient18
- expertism20
- expertize27
- expiation18
- expiatist18
- expiative21
- expiatory21
- expilator18
- expirable20
- expiscate20
- explainer18
- explanate18
- explement20
- expletive21
- expletory21
- explicate20
- explodent19
- exploiter18
- exploring19
- explosion18
- explosive21
- exponible20
- expositor18
- expounder19
- expressed19
- expresser18
- expressly21
- expulsion18
- expulsive21
- expurgate19
- exquisite25
- exsectile18
- exsection18
- exsertile16
- exsertion16
- exsiccant20
- exsiccate20
- exstrophy24
- exsuccous20
- exsuction18
- extempore20
- extensile16
- extension16
- extensity19
- extensive19
- extenuate16
- extirpate18
- extolment18
- extorsive19
- extortion16
- extortive19
- extrabold19
- extractor18
- extradite17
- extravert19
- extremely21
- extremism20
- extremist18
- extremity21
- extricate18
- extrinsic18
- extrorsal16
- extrovert19
- extruding18
- extrusile16
- extrusion16
- extrusive19
- exuberant18
- exuberate18
- exudation17
- exudative20
- exultance18
- exultancy21
- exuviable21
10 letter words starting with EX (156)
- exacerbate21
- exactingly23
- exactitude20
- exaggerate19
- exaltation17
- examinable21
- examinator19
- exarillate17
- exasperate19
- exaspidean20
- exaugurate18
- excalceate21
- excavation22
- excecation21
- excellence21
- excellency24
- excerption21
- excerptive24
- excitation19
- excitative22
- excitatory22
- excitement21
- excitingly23
- exclaiming22
- excludable22
- excogitate20
- excoriable21
- excrescent21
- excruciate21
- exculpable23
- excusatory22
- excuseless19
- excusingly23
- execration19
- execrative22
- execratory22
- executable21
- executress19
- exegetical20
- exemptible23
- exenterate17
- exhalation20
- exhausting21
- exhaustion20
- exhaustive23
- exheredate21
- exhibitant22
- exhibition22
- exhibitive25
- exhibitory25
- exhilarant20
- exhilarate20
- exhumation22
- exiguously21
- eximiously22
- exocardiac22
- exocardial20
- exocentric21
- exodontist18
- exogenetic20
- exonarthex27
- exonerator17
- exopoditic22
- exorbitant19
- exorbitate19
- exorcismal21
- exorcistic21
- exornation17
- exosporous19
- exoterical19
- exothecium24
- exothermal22
- exothermic24
- exotically22
- exoticness19
- expansible21
- expatiator19
- expatriate19
- expectable23
- expectance23
- expectancy26
- expectedly25
- expedience22
- expediency25
- expeditate20
- expeditely23
- expedition20
- expellable21
- expendable22
- expenditor20
- experience21
- experiment21
- expertness19
- expilation19
- expiration19
- expiratory22
- expiringly23
- explanator19
- explicable23
- explicator21
- explicitly24
- exploitive22
- exploiture19
- explorable21
- explorator19
- explosible21
- exportable21
- exposition19
- expositive22
- expository22
- expressage20
- expression19
- expressive22
- expressman21
- expressway25
- exprobrate21
- expugnable22
- expunction21
- expurgator20
- exsanguine18
- exsiccator21
- exsiliency22
- exspuition19
- exsufflate23
- extemporal21
- extendedly22
- extendible20
- extensible19
- extenuator17
- exteriorly20
- externally20
- extinction19
- extinctive22
- extinguish21
- extirpator19
- extogenous18
- extollment19
- extractant19
- extraction19
- extractive22
- extradosed19
- extradotal18
- extramural19
- extraneity20
- extraneous17
- extricable21
- extricated20
- extroitive20
- extrorsely20
- exuberance21
- exuberancy24
- exultantly20
- exultation17
- exultingly21
- exundation18
- exuviation20
11 letter words starting with EX (159)
- exaggerated21
- exaggerator20
- exagitation19
- exaltedness19
- examination20
- examiningly24
- exampleless22
- exanimation20
- exasperated21
- exasperater20
- excantation20
- excarnation20
- exceedingly25
- excellently23
- excentrical22
- exceptional22
- exceptively28
- excerptible24
- excessively26
- excitedness21
- excitomotor22
- exclamation22
- exclamatory25
- exclusioner20
- exclusively26
- exclusivism25
- exclusivist23
- exclusivity26
- excogitable23
- excogitator21
- excoriation20
- excorticate22
- excremental22
- excrescence24
- excrescency27
- excruciable24
- exculpation22
- exculpatory25
- excursional20
- excursively26
- excurvature23
- executional20
- executioner20
- executively26
- executorial20
- exemplarily25
- exemplarism24
- exemplarity25
- exemplifier25
- exercisable22
- exfoliation21
- exfoliative24
- exhaustible23
- exhaustless21
- exhibitable25
- exhilarator21
- exhortation21
- exhortative24
- exhortatory24
- exhortingly25
- exinanition18
- existential18
- exoccipital24
- exocoetidae21
- exocycloida26
- exogenously22
- exoneration18
- exonerative21
- exoperidium23
- exorability23
- exorbitance22
- exoskeletal22
- exoskeleton22
- exotericism22
- expansional20
- expansively26
- expansivity26
- expatiation20
- expatiatory23
- expectantly25
- expectation22
- expectative25
- expectingly26
- expectorant22
- expectorate22
- expediently24
- expeditious21
- expenditure21
- expenseless20
- expensively26
- experienced23
- experiencer22
- expiational20
- expiscation22
- expiscatory25
- explainable22
- explanation20
- explanative23
- explanatory23
- explemental22
- expletively26
- explication22
- explicative25
- explicatory25
- exploitable22
- exploration20
- explorative23
- exploratory23
- explorement22
- exploringly24
- explosively26
- exponential20
- exportation20
- exposedness21
- expostulate20
- expressable22
- expressible22
- expressless20
- expressness20
- expropriate22
- expurgation21
- expurgatory24
- exquisitely30
- exsanguious19
- exsiccation22
- exsiccative25
- exstipulate20
- extemporary25
- extemporize31
- extensional18
- extensively24
- extenuating19
- extenuation18
- extenuative21
- extenuatory21
- exteriorize27
- exterminate20
- externalism20
- externalist18
- externality21
- externalize27
- extirpation20
- extirpative23
- extirpatory23
- extollingly22
- extorsively24
- extortioner18
- extractable22
- extractible22
- extradition19
- extrafloral21
- extrapolate20
- extravagant22
- extravagate22
- extravasate21
- extremeless20
- extremeness20
- extrication20
- exuberantly23
12 letter words starting with EX (71)
- exacerbation23
- exactingness22
- exaggerating22
- exaggeration21
- exaggerative24
- exaggeratory24
- exalbuminous23
- examinership26
- exanthematic26
- exarticulate21
- exasperating22
- exasperation21
- exauguration20
- excalceation23
- excandescent24
- excentricity26
- exchangeable27
- exchangeably30
- excitability26
- exclusionary24
- exclusionism23
- exclusionist21
- excogitation22
- excogitative25
- excruciating24
- excruciation23
- excursionary24
- excursionist21
- execratively27
- executorship26
- exegetically25
- exenteration19
- exercitation21
- exhaustingly26
- exhaustively28
- exheredation23
- exhibitioner24
- exhibitively30
- exhilarating23
- exhilaration22
- exhilarative25
- exiguousness20
- exophthalmic31
- exophthalmos29
- exopterygota25
- exorbitantly24
- exorcisement23
- exorcistical23
- exoterically24
- expandedness23
- expansionary24
- expansionism23
- expansionist21
- expatriation21
- expectorator23
- expediential22
- expeditation22
- expediteness22
- experiential21
- experimental23
- experimenter23
- explantation21
- explicitness23
- exploitation21
- exploitative24
- expositional21
- expositively27
- expositorial21
- expositorily24
- expostulator21
- expressional21
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What some of these words mean
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| exit | He (or she ) goes out, or retires from view |
| exon | A native or inhabitant of Exeter, in England. An officer of the Yeomen of the Guard |
| exact | Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth |
| exalt | To raise high |
| excel | To go beyond or surpass in good qualities or laudable deeds |
| exeat | A license for absence from a college or a religious house |
| exert | To thrust forth |
| exile | Forced separation from one's native country |
| exist | To be as a fact and not as a mode |
| exode | Departure |
| expel | To drive or force out from that within which anything is contained, inclosed, or situated |
| extol | To place on high |
| exude | To discharge through pores or incisions, as moisture or other liquid matter |
| exarch | A viceroy |
| excamb | To exchange |
| excave | To excavate |
| exceed | To go beyond |
| except | To take or leave out (anything) from a number or a whole as not belonging to it |
| excess | The state of surpassing or going beyond limits |
| excide | To cut off |
Quick facts about this list
| Words shown | 800 of 1009 |
| Shortest | 2 letters |
| Longest | exophthalmic (12 letters) |
| Highest scoring | exophthalmic (31 points) |
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Questions
How many words start with EX?
1009 words in a full English dictionary. This page lists the 800 most common of them, from 2 to 12 letters.
What is the longest word that starts with EX?
exophthalmic, with 12 letters.
Which of these words scores highest in a tile game?
exophthalmic, worth 31 points using standard letter values.
Are these words valid in Scrabble or Wordle?
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