EXPLAIN
A 7-letter word worth 16 points in Scrabble.
e 1 x 8 p 3 l 1 a 1 i 1 n 1
- Length
- 7
- Scrabble
- 16 pts
- Sorted letters
- aeilnpx
- Anagrams
- 0
Definition of EXPLAIN
- verb
serve as a reason or cause or justification of
“Your need to sleep late does not excuse your late arrival at work”
Synonyms: excuse
- verb
make plain and comprehensible
“He explained the laws of physics to his students”
Synonyms: explicate
- verb
define
“The committee explained their plan for fund-raising to the Dean”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1 (Princeton University).
Words within EXPLAIN
101 words can be made from any subset of the letters in EXPLAIN.
- alexin 13
- xenial 13
- alpine 8
- penial 8
- pineal 8
- pixel 14
- axile 12
- xenia 12
- lapin 7
- panel 7
- penal 7
- pilea 7
- plain 7
- plane 7
- plena 7
- alien 5
- aline 5
- anile 5
- elain 5
- liane 5
- apex 13
- axel 11
- axil 11
- axle 11
- ilex 11
- nixe 11
- leap 6
- nape 6
- neap 6
- nipa 6
- pail 6
- pain 6
- pale 6
- pane 6
- peal 6
- pean 6
- pein 6
- pial 6
- pian 6
- pile 6
- pina 6
- pine 6
- plan 6
- plea 6
- plie 6
- anil 4
- elan 4
- ilea 4
- lain 4
- lane 4
- lean 4
- lien 4
- line 4
- nail 4
- pax 12
- pix 12
- axe 10
- lax 10
- lex 10
- nix 10
- alp 5
- ape 5
- lap 5
- lip 5
- nap 5
- nip 5
- pal 5
- pan 5
- pea 5
- pen 5
- pia 5
- pie 5
- pin 5
- ail 3
- ain 3
- ale 3
- ane 3
- ani 3
- lea 3
- lei 3
- lie 3
- lin 3
- nae 3
- nil 3
- ax 9
- ex 9
- xi 9
- pa 4
- pe 4
- pi 4
- ae 2
- ai 2
- al 2
- an 2
- el 2
- en 2
- in 2
- la 2
- li 2
- na 2
- ne 2