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except

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Is except a Scrabble word?

Yes, except is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 17 points in Scrabble.

Word Games

  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of except?

Definition

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To exclude; to specify as being an exception.Examples: "I find most people annoying — present company excepted, of course!"; "But this [ban on circumcision] must have been a provocation, as the emperor Antoninus Pius later acknowledged by excepting the Jews."transitive

2. (intransitive) To take exception, to object (to or against).Examples: "to except to a witness or his testimony"; "Except thou wilt except against my love."; "Yea, but methinks I hear some man except at these words […]."intransitive

conj (English)

1. (informal) Loosely, used to introduce a contrastive statement explaining why something wasn't successful, didn't happen, etc.Examples: "They fired tear gas at us, except the wind was blowing the wrong way."; "I almost walked out, except I remembered the promise I had made."informal

2. (archaic) Unless; used to introduce a hypothetical case in which an exception may exist.Examples: "And they sayde: We have no moo but five loves and two fisshes, except we shulde goo and bye meate for all this people."; "If I ſay ſooth, I muſt report they were / As Cannons ouer-charg'd with double Cracks, / So they doubly redoubled ſtroakes vpon the Foe: / Except they meant to bathe in reeking Wounds, / Or memorize another Golgotha, / I cannot tell: but I am faint, / My Gaſhes cry for helpe."; "Offensive wars, except the cause be very just, I will not allow of."archaic

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "except"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "except"?

Scrabble
17 points
E1
X8
C3
E1
P3
T1
Words With Friends
19 points
E1
X8
C4
E1
P4
T1

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