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Words from letters EXPLANATION

From the letters EXPLANATION, you can form as many as 561 words - Check which ones

11 letter words:

  • explanation20

10 letter words:

  • neapolitan12

9 letter words:

  • taxiplane18
  • pantaleon11
  • pantalone11
  • planation11

8 letter words:

  • anatoxin15
  • laxation15
  • antipole10
  • palatine10
  • pantalon10
  • pentanol10
  • plainant10
  • plantain10
  • talapoin10
  • national8
  • neonatal8

7 letter words:

  • epaxial16
  • explain16
  • explant16
  • exploit16
  • oxalate14
  • apnoeal9
  • opaline9
  • pantile9
  • pantine9
  • patinae9
  • pinnate9
  • pintano9
  • planate9
  • plantae9
  • platane9
  • platina9
  • pointel9
  • polenta9
  • pontile9
  • pontine9
  • potline9
  • topline9
  • aeolian7
  • aeonian7
  • ailanto7
  • alanine7
  • alation7
  • antliae7
  • antlion7
  • elation7
  • enation7
  • toenail7

6 letter words:

  • poleax15
  • alexia13
  • alexin13
  • anoxia13
  • axonal13
  • nontax13
  • oxtail13
  • toxine13
  • xenial13
  • alpine8
  • anopia8
  • aplite8
  • apneal8
  • apnoea8
  • leipoa8
  • leptin8
  • lepton8
  • loipen8
  • opiate8
  • palate8
  • panino8
  • pantie8
  • panton8
  • patina8
  • patine8
  • pelota8
  • penial8
  • pennal8
  • pennia8
  • pinata8
  • pineal8
  • pineta8
  • pinnae8
  • pinnal8
  • pinnet8
  • pinole8
  • pintle8
  • piolet8
  • plaint8
  • planet8
  • planta8
  • platan8
  • platen8
  • pliant8
  • pointe8
  • polite8
  • ponent8
  • pontal8
  • pontie8
  • pontil8
  • taipan8
  • talpae8
  • tapalo8
  • tenpin8
  • teopan8
  • alanin6
  • anneal6
  • anoint6
  • antlia6
  • atonal6
  • atonia6
  • entail6
  • entoil6
  • eolian6
  • eonian6
  • etalon6
  • innate6
  • intone6
  • lanate6
  • latina6
  • latino6
  • linnet6
  • lionet6
  • naiant6
  • nation6
  • online6
  • taenia6
  • talion6
  • tannie6
  • tenail6
  • tineal6
  • tolane6

5 letter words:

  • expat14
  • oxlip14
  • panax14
  • pixel14
  • annex12
  • axial12
  • axile12
  • axion12
  • axite12
  • axone12
  • exalt12
  • extol12
  • ixtle12
  • latex12
  • noxal12
  • taxol12
  • taxon12
  • toxin12
  • xenia12
  • xenon12
  • xoana12
  • apian7
  • apiol7
  • apnea7
  • inapt7
  • inept7
  • lapin7
  • leapt7
  • lepta7
  • loipe7
  • nepit7
  • netop7
  • nopal7
  • olpae7
  • opine7
  • paean7
  • paeon7
  • paint7
  • palea7
  • palet7
  • panel7
  • panne7
  • panto7
  • paoli7
  • paten7
  • patin7
  • patio7
  • pelon7
  • pelta7
  • penal7
  • penna7
  • penni7
  • petal7
  • piano7
  • pieta7
  • pilao7
  • pilea7
  • pilot7
  • pinna7
  • pinon7
  • pinot7
  • pinta7
  • pinto7
  • piton7
  • plain7
  • plait7
  • plane7
  • plant7
  • plate7
  • pleat7
  • plena7
  • pleon7
  • ploat7
  • point7
  • potae7
  • potin7
  • talpa7
  • tapen7
  • tepal7
  • alane5
  • alant5
  • alate5
  • alien5
  • aline5
  • aloin5
  • alone5
  • anent5
  • anile5
  • anion5
  • annal5
  • annat5
  • anole5
  • antae5
  • atone5
  • elain5
  • elint5
  • eloin5
  • enlit5
  • entia5
  • inane5
  • inlet5
  • intel5
  • lanai5
  • laten5
  • leant5
  • lenti5
  • lento5
  • liana5
  • liane5
  • linen5
  • natal5
  • niton5
  • noint5
  • nonet5
  • notal5
  • oaten5
  • olein5
  • olent5
  • talea5
  • talon5
  • tanna5
  • telia5
  • teloi5
  • tenia5
  • tenno5
  • tenon5
  • tinea5
  • toile5
  • tolan5
  • tonal5
  • tonne5

4 letter words:

  • apex13
  • expo13
  • plex13
  • axal11
  • axel11
  • axil11
  • axle11
  • axon11
  • exit11
  • exon11
  • ilex11
  • lanx11
  • next11
  • nixe11
  • oxen11
  • taxa11
  • taxi11
  • alap6
  • atap6
  • atop6
  • leap6
  • lept6
  • lipa6
  • lipe6
  • lipo6
  • lope6
  • napa6
  • nape6
  • neap6
  • nipa6
  • nope6
  • olpe6
  • opal6
  • open6
  • paal6
  • pail6
  • pain6
  • pale6
  • pane6
  • pant6
  • pate6
  • peal6
  • pean6
  • peat6
  • pein6
  • pela6
  • pelt6
  • peni6
  • pent6
  • peon6
  • pial6
  • pian6
  • piet6
  • pila6
  • pile6
  • pina6
  • pine6
  • pint6
  • pion6
  • pita6
  • plan6
  • plat6
  • plea6
  • plie6
  • plot6
  • poet6
  • pole6
  • polt6
  • pone6
  • pont6
  • pote6
  • tapa6
  • tape6
  • tepa6
  • tope6
  • topi6
  • aeon4
  • aine4
  • alae4
  • alan4
  • alit4
  • aloe4
  • alto4
  • anal4
  • anan4
  • anil4
  • anna4
  • anno4
  • anoa4
  • anon4
  • anta4
  • ante4
  • anti4
  • eina4
  • elan4
  • enol4
  • eoan4
  • etna4
  • ilea4
  • into4
  • iota4
  • lain4
  • lana4
  • lane4
  • lant4
  • late4
  • lati4
  • lean4
  • leat4
  • leno4
  • lent4
  • lien4
  • line4
  • linn4
  • lino4
  • lint4
  • lion4
  • lite4
  • loan4
  • loin4
  • lone4
  • lota4
  • lote4
  • loti4
  • naan4
  • nail4
  • nain4
  • nala4
  • nana4
  • nane4
  • naoi4
  • neal4
  • neat4
  • neon4
  • nine4
  • nite4
  • noel4
  • noil4
  • nole4
  • nona4
  • none4
  • noni4
  • nota4
  • note4
  • oint4
  • olea4
  • onie4
  • taal4
  • tael4
  • tail4
  • tain4
  • tala4
  • tale4
  • tali4
  • tana4
  • tane4
  • teal4
  • teil4
  • tela4
  • tile4
  • tine4
  • toea4
  • toil4
  • tola4
  • tole4
  • tone4

3 letter words:

  • pax12
  • pix12
  • pox12
  • axe10
  • exo10
  • lax10
  • lex10
  • lox10
  • nix10
  • nox10
  • tax10
  • tex10
  • tix10
  • alp5
  • ape5
  • apo5
  • apt5
  • lap5
  • lep5
  • lip5
  • lop5
  • nap5
  • nep5
  • nip5
  • ope5
  • opt5
  • pal5
  • pan5
  • pat5
  • pea5
  • pen5
  • pet5
  • pia5
  • pie5
  • pin5
  • pit5
  • poa5
  • poi5
  • pol5
  • pot5
  • tap5
  • tip5
  • top5
  • aal3
  • aia3
  • ail3
  • ain3
  • ait3
  • ala3
  • ale3
  • alt3
  • ana3
  • ane3
  • ani3
  • ann3
  • ant3
  • ate3
  • ean3
  • eat3
  • elt3
  • eon3
  • eta3
  • inn3
  • ion3
  • ita3
  • lat3
  • lea3
  • lei3
  • let3
  • lie3
  • lin3
  • lit3
  • lot3
  • nae3
  • nan3
  • nat3
  • net3
  • nie3
  • nil3
  • nit3
  • non3
  • not3
  • oat3
  • oil3
  • ole3
  • one3
  • tae3
  • tai3
  • tan3
  • tao3
  • tea3
  • tel3
  • ten3
  • tie3
  • til3
  • tin3
  • toe3
  • ton3

2 letter words:

  • ax9
  • ex9
  • ox9
  • xi9
  • op4
  • pa4
  • pe4
  • pi4
  • po4
  • aa2
  • ae2
  • ai2
  • al2
  • an2
  • at2
  • ea2
  • el2
  • en2
  • et2
  • in2
  • io2
  • it2
  • la2
  • li2
  • lo2
  • na2
  • ne2
  • no2
  • oe2
  • oi2
  • on2
  • ta2
  • te2
  • ti2
  • to2


EXPLANATION

Explenation is a noun that refers to the act of making something clear or easy to understand by providing details or a reason for it. It is the act of explaining something.

In the game of Scrabble, "EXPLANATION" is a long word with a total of 18 letters, which makes it challenging to play on the standard 15x15 board. However, it can be a high-scoring word if played strategically due to the double and triple letter or word score tiles on the board.

When playing "EXPLANATION" in Scrabble, it is essential to consider placing it on premium squares to maximize your points. Additionally, the word contains valuable letters such as "X," "P," and "N," which are worth high points.

Remember that forming longer words like "EXPLANATION" can also open up opportunities for creating parallel words or utilizing existing letters on the board to score even more points. So, if you have the opportunity to play "EXPLANATION," go for it and impress your opponents with your vocabulary skills and strategic gameplay!

What are the longest words that can be formed from the letters EXPLANATION?

The longest word that can be formed from the letters EXPLANATION is the word Explanation. Number of letters: 11.
The second longest word is the word Neapolitan. Number of letters: 10.

What anagrams can be formed from the word EXPLANATION?

Unfortunately, in English, there is no word that is an anagram of the word Explanation.

How many points in Scrabble can we earn for the words formed from the letters E,X,P,L,A,N,A,T,I,O,N?

The highest-scoring word that can be formed from the letters EXPLANATION is the word Explanation. The number of points that can be earned for it is: 20.The second highest-scoring word is the word Taxiplane. The possible number of points is: 18.

How many letters does the word EXPLANATION have? How many vowels and consonants does it have?

Word Explanation - number of letters: 11. The word Explanation contains vowels. The number of vowels is: 5. The list of vowels present in this word is: A, A, E, I, O. The word Explanation contains consonants. The number of consonants is: 6. The list of consonants present in this word is: L, N, N, P, T, X.

How to properly pronounce the word EXPLANATION?


Letter Analysis - word EXPLANATION

The word EXPLANATION, after removing repeating characters, consists of the letters: A, E, I, L, N, O, P, T, X. Below, we will analyze each one of them.

The letter A in the word EXPLANATION

Words that start with the letter A
Number of letters The number of words [%]
2 16 0,1
3 89 0,6
4 261 1,7
5 715 4,5
6 1187 7,5
7 1767 11,2
8 2164 13,8
9 2471 15,7
10 2188 13,9
11 1797 11,4
12 1274 8,1
13 849 5,4
14 581 3,7
15 364 2,3
Words ending with the letter A
Number of letters The number of words [%]
2 15 0,3
3 56 1,1
4 314 5,9
5 632 11,9
6 738 13,9
7 935 17,6
8 764 14,4
9 635 12,0
10 504 9,5
11 331 6,2
12 190 3,6
13 108 2,0
14 60 1,1
15 30 0,6
Occurrences of the letter A in English words
Number of occurrences of the letter A The number of words [%]
0 120405 45,0
1 110558 41,3
2 32580 12,2
3 3868 1,4
4 321 0,1
5 17 0,0
6 2 0,0

The letter E in the word EXPLANATION

Words that start with the letter E
Number of letters The number of words [%]
2 12 0,1
3 58 0,5
4 158 1,4
5 288 2,6
6 673 6,1
7 1169 10,6
8 1638 14,9
9 1830 16,6
10 1677 15,2
11 1279 11,6
12 958 8,7
13 653 5,9
14 371 3,4
15 266 2,4
Words ending with the letter E
Number of letters The number of words [%]
2 14 0,1
3 107 0,4
4 689 2,5
5 1477 5,4
6 2627 9,6
7 3501 12,8
8 4448 16,3
9 4844 17,7
10 3621 13,2
11 2594 9,5
12 1630 6,0
13 985 3,6
14 527 1,9
15 286 1,0
Occurrences of the letter E in English words
Number of occurrences of the letter E The number of words [%]
0 81615 30,5
1 114602 42,8
2 55768 20,8
3 13772 5,1
4 1842 0,7
5 152 0,1

The letter I in the word EXPLANATION

Words that start with the letter I
Number of letters The number of words [%]
2 6 0,1
3 26 0,3
4 69 0,7
5 157 1,7
6 375 4,0
7 651 6,9
8 957 10,2
9 1232 13,1
10 1358 14,5
11 1341 14,3
12 1192 12,7
13 921 9,8
14 611 6,5
15 494 5,3
Words ending with the letter I
Number of letters The number of words [%]
2 14 0,9
3 32 2,2
4 145 9,8
5 253 17,2
6 270 18,3
7 255 17,3
8 195 13,2
9 140 9,5
10 93 6,3
11 38 2,6
12 21 1,4
13 13 0,9
14 5 0,3
Occurrences of the letter I in English words
Number of occurrences of the letter I The number of words [%]
0 107284 40,1
1 111312 41,6
2 39717 14,8
3 8146 3,0
4 1170 0,4
5 113 0,0
6 9 0,0

The letter L in the word EXPLANATION

Words that start with the letter L
Number of letters The number of words [%]
2 3 0,0
3 58 0,8
4 273 3,6
5 551 7,2
6 893 11,7
7 1141 14,9
8 1239 16,2
9 1100 14,4
10 842 11,0
11 656 8,6
12 407 5,3
13 223 2,9
14 167 2,2
15 83 1,1
Words ending with the letter L
Number of letters The number of words [%]
2 2 0,0
3 37 0,4
4 251 3,0
5 465 5,5
6 805 9,6
7 971 11,6
8 1210 14,4
9 1076 12,8
10 952 11,3
11 858 10,2
12 683 8,1
13 547 6,5
14 330 3,9
15 214 2,5
Occurrences of the letter L in English words
Number of occurrences of the letter L The number of words [%]
0 162123 60,5
1 85451 31,9
2 18253 6,8
3 1788 0,7
4 136 0,1

The letter N in the word EXPLANATION

Words that start with the letter N
Number of letters The number of words [%]
2 5 0,1
3 50 0,8
4 160 2,6
5 317 5,1
6 467 7,5
7 661 10,7
8 762 12,3
9 878 14,1
10 789 12,7
11 648 10,4
12 537 8,7
13 428 6,9
14 295 4,8
15 208 3,4
Words ending with the letter N
Number of letters The number of words [%]
2 5 0,0
3 82 0,7
4 252 2,2
5 512 4,4
6 1196 10,2
7 1431 12,3
8 1552 13,3
9 1423 12,2
10 1164 10,0
11 1114 9,5
12 982 8,4
13 891 7,6
14 646 5,5
15 421 3,6
Occurrences of the letter N in English words
Number of occurrences of the letter N The number of words [%]
0 137492 51,4
1 100778 37,6
2 25878 9,7
3 3322 1,2
4 268 0,1
5 13 0,0

The letter O in the word EXPLANATION

Words that start with the letter O
Number of letters The number of words [%]
2 16 0,2
3 68 0,8
4 155 1,8
5 257 3,0
6 488 5,7
7 842 9,8
8 1293 15,0
9 1401 16,3
10 1287 15,0
11 1031 12,0
12 722 8,4
13 469 5,5
14 345 4,0
15 230 2,7
Words ending with the letter O
Number of letters The number of words [%]
2 17 1,0
3 52 2,9
4 206 11,6
5 365 20,5
6 319 17,9
7 265 14,9
8 257 14,4
9 148 8,3
10 93 5,2
11 35 2,0
12 14 0,8
13 10 0,6
14 2 0,1
Occurrences of the letter O in English words
Number of occurrences of the letter O The number of words [%]
0 143337 53,5
1 92065 34,4
2 27771 10,4
3 4176 1,6
4 393 0,1
5 9 0,0

The letter P in the word EXPLANATION

Words that start with the letter P
Number of letters The number of words [%]
2 4 0,0
3 74 0,3
4 341 1,5
5 821 3,5
6 1541 6,6
7 2524 10,8
8 3148 13,5
9 3467 14,8
10 3325 14,2
11 2797 12,0
12 2094 9,0
13 1510 6,5
14 1041 4,5
15 665 2,8
Words ending with the letter P
Number of letters The number of words [%]
2 2 0,1
3 70 4,7
4 179 12,1
5 146 9,9
6 173 11,7
7 198 13,4
8 193 13,0
9 138 9,3
10 118 8,0
11 81 5,5
12 66 4,5
13 74 5,0
14 29 2,0
15 13 0,9
Occurrences of the letter P in English words
Number of occurrences of the letter P The number of words [%]
0 203032 75,8
1 56568 21,1
2 7741 2,9
3 404 0,2
4 6 0,0

The letter T in the word EXPLANATION

Words that start with the letter T
Number of letters The number of words [%]
2 4 0,0
3 71 0,5
4 349 2,5
5 787 5,7
6 1331 9,6
7 1937 13,9
8 2176 15,6
9 2009 14,4
10 1661 11,9
11 1326 9,5
12 944 6,8
13 633 4,5
14 425 3,1
15 266 1,9
Words ending with the letter T
Number of letters The number of words [%]
2 5 0,0
3 93 0,7
4 436 3,4
5 710 5,5
6 1220 9,4
7 1781 13,8
8 2487 19,2
9 2215 17,1
10 1478 11,4
11 994 7,7
12 666 5,1
13 450 3,5
14 270 2,1
15 135 1,0
Occurrences of the letter T in English words
Number of occurrences of the letter T The number of words [%]
0 139915 52,3
1 98923 36,9
2 26273 9,8
3 2558 1,0
4 82 0,0

The letter X in the word EXPLANATION

Words that start with the letter X
Number of letters The number of words [%]
2 2 0,7
3 1 0,3
4 1 0,3
5 15 5,0
6 19 6,3
7 26 8,6
8 38 12,5
9 44 14,5
10 54 17,8
11 43 14,2
12 23 7,6
13 18 5,9
14 14 4,6
15 5 1,7
Words ending with the letter X
Number of letters The number of words [%]
2 3 0,5
3 42 7,7
4 31 5,7
5 65 11,9
6 94 17,2
7 103 18,8
8 96 17,6
9 43 7,9
10 34 6,2
11 21 3,8
12 6 1,1
13 8 1,5
14 1 0,2
Occurrences of the letter X in English words
Number of occurrences of the letter X The number of words [%]
0 260919 97,4
1 6812 2,5
2 20 0,0

The number of letters in the word EXPLANATION: 11

Below we present the statistics of the occurrence of other 11-letter words in English. Analysis by first and last letter

Compilation of 11-letter words, sorted by the first letter
The first letter in the word The number of words [%]
A 1797 6,4
B 1186 4,3
C 2724 9,8
D 1810 6,5
E 1279 4,6
F 893 3,2
G 778 2,8
H 1119 4,0
I 1341 4,8
J 118 0,4
K 162 0,6
L 656 2,4
M 1652 5,9
N 648 2,3
O 1031 3,7
P 2797 10,0
Q 105 0,4
R 1481 5,3
S 2947 10,6
T 1326 4,8
U 1083 3,9
V 423 1,5
W 400 1,4
X 43 0,2
Y 29 0,1
Z 65 0,2
Summary of words with 11 letters, according to the letter they end with
The last letter in the word The number of words [%]
A 331 1,2
B 3 0,0
C 945 3,4
D 2330 8,4
E 2594 9,3
F 13 0,0
G 2800 10,0
H 136 0,5
I 38 0,1
K 58 0,2
L 858 3,1
M 449 1,6
N 1114 4,0
O 35 0,1
P 81 0,3
R 974 3,5
S 11838 42,4
T 994 3,6
U 2 0,0
V 1 0,0
W 17 0,1
X 21 0,1
Y 2259 8,1
Z 2 0,0

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