9-letter words starting with EX
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter EX. This section showcases how EX at the start shapes the identity and sound of various words. From commonly used terms to rare finds, explore the diverse range of words that start with EX, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| excellent | 18 | very good; of the highest quality | made an excellent speech |
| expensive | 21 | high in price or charging high prices | expensive clothes |
| expecting | 21 | - | - |
| extremely | 21 | to a high degree or extent; favorably or with much respect | extremely interesting |
| explosion | 18 | a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction | - |
| existence | 18 | the state or fact of existing | laws in existence for centuries |
| exhausted | 20 | drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted | the day's shopping left her exhausted |
| executive | 21 | someone who manages a government agency or department | - |
| exception | 20 | a deliberate act of omission | with the exception of the children, everyone was told the news |
| execution | 18 | putting a condemned person to death | - |
| exclusive | 21 | not divided or shared with others | they have exclusive use of the machine |
| explosive | 21 | liable to lead to sudden change or violence | an explosive issue |
| excrement | 20 | waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body | - |
| extension | 16 | the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to | the extension of `satellite of Mars' is the set containing only Demos and Phobos |
| expressed | 19 | precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable; leaving nothing to implication | - |
| exquisite | 25 | delicately beautiful | an exquisite cameo |
| excessive | 21 | unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings | - |
| expertise | 18 | skillfulness by virtue of possessing special knowledge | - |
| exploding | 20 | - | - |
| exploring | 19 | - | - |
| exchanged | 23 | changed for (replaced by) something different | - |
| extensive | 19 | large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity | an extensive Roman settlement in northwest England |
| exploited | 19 | (of persons) taken advantage of | - |
| expansion | 18 | adding information or detail | - |
| extortion | 16 | an exorbitant charge | - |
| examining | 19 | - | - |
| exemplary | 23 | being or serving as an illustration of a type | an action exemplary of his conduct |
| excursion | 18 | a journey taken for pleasure | many summer excursions to the shore |
| expulsion | 18 | the act of forcing out someone or something | the child's expulsion from school |
| executing | 19 | putting a condemned person to death | - |
| exercised | 19 | - | - |
| exemption | 20 | immunity from an obligation or duty | - |
| extremist | 18 | (used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm | extremist political views |
| excluding | 20 | - | - |
| expressly | 21 | with specific intentions; for the express purpose | she needs the money expressly for her patients |
| exclusion | 18 | the act of forcing out someone or something | - |
| excavated | 22 | - | - |
| excitedly | 22 | with excitement; in an excited manner | she shook his hand excitedly |
| exceeding | 20 | far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree | a night of exceeding darkness |
| expelling | 19 | any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body | - |
| exorcised | 19 | - | - |
| exonerate | 16 | pronounce not guilty of criminal charges | - |
| exuberant | 18 | unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings | exuberant compliments |
| extradite | 17 | hand over to the authorities of another country | They extradited the fugitive to his native country so he could be tried there |
| exporting | 19 | the commercial activity of selling and shipping goods to a foreign country | - |
| excitable | 20 | capable of responding to stimuli | - |
| extractor | 18 | an apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a suspension | - |
| extricate | 18 | release from entanglement of difficulty | I cannot extricate myself from this task |
| exchequer | 30 | the funds of a government or institution or individual | - |
| expansive | 21 | of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope | an expansive lifestyle |
| expectant | 20 | in an advanced stage of pregnancy | - |
| excelsior | 18 | thin curly wood shavings used for packing or stuffing | - |
| excepting | 21 | - | - |
| extremism | 20 | any political theory favoring immoderate uncompromising policies | - |
| excavator | 21 | a machine for excavating | - |
| expedient | 19 | a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one | - |
| extremity | 21 | an external body part that projects from the body | - |
| expiation | 18 | compensation for a wrong | - |
| excusable | 20 | easily excused or forgiven | - |
| exploiter | 18 | a person who uses something or someone selfishly or unethically | - |
| expletive | 21 | profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger | expletives were deleted |
| extrusion | 16 | squeezing out by applying pressure | an unexpected extrusion of toothpaste from the bottom of the tube |
| expedited | 20 | - | - |
| exhibitor | 21 | someone who organizes an exhibit for others to see | - |
| expending | 20 | the act of spending money for goods or services | - |
| excretion | 18 | waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body | - |
| extrovert | 19 | (psychology) a person concerned more with practical realities than with inner thoughts and feelings | - |
| excelling | 19 | - | - |
| expiatory | 21 | having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation | expiatory (or propitiatory) sacrifice |
| execrable | 20 | of very poor quality or condition | - |
| exorcized | 28 | - | - |
| exoticism | 20 | the quality of being exotic | he loved the exoticism of Egypt |
| extolling | 17 | - | - |
| excentric | 20 | - | - |
| exchanger | 22 | one whose business is to exchange the money of one country for that of another country | - |
| excreting | 19 | the bodily process of discharging waste matter | - |
| exhauster | 19 | - | - |
| extremest | 18 | - | - |
| exemplify | 26 | clarify by giving an example of | - |
| exfoliate | 19 | cast off in scales, laminae, or splinters | - |
| explicate | 20 | elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses | - |
| extirpate | 18 | destroy completely, as if down to the roots | - |
| exactable | 20 | - | - |
| exactions | 18 | - | - |
| exactment | 20 | - | - |
| exactness | 18 | the quality of being exact | he demanded exactness in all details |
| exactress | 18 | - | - |
| exaltedly | 20 | - | - |
| exametres | 18 | - | - |
| examinant | 18 | - | - |
| examinate | 18 | - | - |
| examinees | 18 | - | - |
| examiners | 18 | - | - |
| examplars | 20 | - | - |
| exampling | 21 | - | - |
| exanimate | 18 | deprived of life; no longer living | - |
| exanthema | 21 | eruption on the skin occurring as a symptom of a disease | - |
| exanthems | 21 | - | - |
| exaration | 16 | - | - |
| exarchate | 21 | a diocese of the Eastern Orthodox Church | - |
| exarchies | 21 | - | - |
| exarchist | 21 | - | - |
| excambing | 23 | - | - |
| excambion | 22 | - | - |
| excambium | 24 | - | - |
| excarnate | 18 | - | - |
| excaudate | 19 | - | - |
| excavates | 21 | - | - |
| exceeders | 19 | - | - |
| exceptant | 20 | - | - |
| exceptive | 23 | - | - |
| exceptors | 20 | - | - |
| excerpted | 21 | - | - |
| excerpter | 20 | - | - |
| excerptor | 20 | - | - |
| excerptum | 22 | - | - |
| excessing | 19 | - | - |
| exchanges | 22 | - | - |
| excipient | 20 | - | - |
| excisable | 20 | - | - |
| exciseman | 20 | someone who collects taxes for the government | - |
| excisemen | 20 | - | - |
| excisions | 18 | - | - |
| excitably | 23 | - | - |
| excitancy | 23 | - | - |
| excitants | 18 | - | - |
| excitonic | 20 | - | - |
| exclaimed | 21 | - | - |
| exclaimer | 20 | - | - |
| exclosure | 18 | - | - |
| excludees | 19 | - | - |
| excluders | 19 | - | - |
| exclusory | 21 | - | - |
| excoriate | 18 | express strong disapproval of | - |
| excreters | 18 | - | - |
| excretive | 21 | - | - |
| excretory | 21 | of or relating to the process of excretion | - |
| exculpate | 20 | pronounce not guilty of criminal charges | - |
| excurrent | 18 | - | - |
| excursing | 19 | - | - |
| excursive | 21 | (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects | his excursive remarks |
| excusably | 23 | in an excusable manner or to an excusable degree | he was excusably late |
| execrably | 23 | - | - |
| execrated | 19 | - | - |
| execrates | 18 | - | - |
| execrator | 18 | - | - |
| executant | 18 | a performer (usually of musical works) | - |
| executary | 21 | - | - |
| executers | 18 | - | - |
| executors | 18 | - | - |
| executory | 21 | - | - |
| executrix | 25 | a woman executor | - |
| exegetics | 19 | - | - |
| exegetist | 17 | - | - |
| exemplars | 20 | - | - |
| exempting | 21 | - | - |
| exemptive | 23 | - | - |
| exequatur | 25 | - | - |
| exerciser | 18 | sports equipment used in gymnastic exercises | - |
| exercises | 18 | - | - |
| exercycle | 23 | an exercise device resembling a stationary bike | - |
| exergonic | 19 | (biochemistry) of a process accompanied by the release of energy | diffusion is an exergonic process |
| exertions | 16 | - | - |
| exfilling | 20 | - | - |
| exfoliant | 19 | - | - |
| exhalable | 21 | - | - |
| exhalants | 19 | - | - |
| exhalents | 19 | - | - |
| exhibited | 22 | - | - |
| exhibiter | 21 | - | - |
| exhorters | 19 | - | - |
| exhorting | 20 | - | - |
| exhumated | 22 | - | - |
| exhumates | 21 | - | - |
| exigeante | 17 | - | - |
| exigences | 19 | - | - |
| exigently | 20 | - | - |
| exilement | 18 | - | - |
| exilities | 16 | - | - |
| existents | 16 | - | - |
| exitances | 18 | - | - |
| exocrines | 18 | - | - |
| exocyclic | 25 | - | - |
| exocytose | 21 | - | - |
| exodermal | 19 | - | - |
| exodermis | 19 | - | - |
| exodontia | 17 | the branch of dentistry dealing with extraction of teeth | - |
| exoenzyme | 30 | - | - |
| exogamies | 19 | - | - |
| exogamous | 19 | pertaining to or characterized by the custom of marrying only outside the limits of a clan or tribe | - |
| exogenism | 19 | - | - |
| exogenous | 17 | derived or originating externally | - |
| exonerees | 16 | - | - |
| exonumist | 18 | - | - |
| exophoric | 23 | - | - |
| exoplanet | 18 | - | - |
| exoplasms | 20 | - | - |
| exopodite | 19 | - | - |
| exoration | 16 | - | - |
| exorciser | 18 | someone who practices exorcism | - |
| exorcises | 18 | - | - |
| exorcisms | 20 | - | - |
| exorcists | 18 | - | - |
| exorcizer | 27 | - | - |
| exorcizes | 27 | - | - |
| exordiums | 19 | - | - |
| exosmoses | 18 | - | - |
| exosmosis | 18 | - | - |
| exosmotic | 20 | - | - |
| exosphere | 21 | the outermost atmospheric layer | - |
| exosporal | 18 | - | - |
| exospores | 18 | - | - |
| exosporia | 18 | - | - |
| exostoses | 16 | - | - |
| exostosis | 16 | a benign outgrowth from a bone (usually covered with cartilage) | - |
| exoticise | 18 | - | - |
| exoticist | 18 | - | - |
| exoticize | 27 | - | - |
| exotoxins | 23 | - | - |
| exotropia | 18 | strabismus in which one or both eyes are directed outward | - |
| exotropic | 20 | - | - |
| expanders | 19 | - | - |
| expanding | 20 | - | - |
| expandors | 19 | - | - |
| expansile | 18 | (of gases) capable of expansion | - |
| expatiate | 18 | add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing | - |
| expecters | 20 | - | - |
| expediter | 19 | - | - |
| expedites | 19 | - | - |
| expeditor | 19 | - | - |
| expellant | 18 | - | - |
| expellees | 18 | - | - |
| expellent | 18 | - | - |
| expellers | 18 | - | - |
| expenders | 19 | - | - |
| expensing | 19 | - | - |
| experting | 19 | - | - |
| expertism | 20 | - | - |
| expertize | 27 | - | - |
| expiating | 19 | - | - |
| expiators | 18 | - | - |
| expirable | 20 | - | - |
| expirants | 18 | - | - |
| expiscate | 20 | - | - |
| explained | 19 | - | - |
| explainer | 18 | - | - |
| explanted | 19 | - | - |
| expletory | 21 | - | - |
| explicits | 20 | - | - |
| exploders | 19 | - | - |
| explorers | 18 | - | - |
| exponents | 18 | - | - |
| exponible | 20 | - | - |
| exporters | 18 | - | - |
| exposable | 20 | - | - |
| exposited | 19 | - | - |
| expositor | 18 | a person who explains | - |
| exposomes | 20 | - | - |
| exposture | 18 | - | - |
| exposures | 18 | - | - |
| expounded | 20 | - | - |
| expounder | 19 | a person who explains | - |
| expresser | 18 | - | - |
| expresses | 18 | - | - |
| expressos | 18 | - | - |
| expugning | 20 | - | - |
| expulsing | 19 | - | - |
| expulsive | 21 | - | - |
| expuncted | 21 | - | - |
| expungers | 19 | - | - |
| expunging | 20 | deletion by an act of expunging or erasing | - |
| expurgate | 19 | edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate | - |
| expurging | 20 | - | - |
| exscinded | 20 | - | - |
| exsecants | 18 | - | - |
| exsecting | 19 | - | - |
| exsection | 18 | - | - |
| exsertile | 16 | - | - |
| exserting | 17 | - | - |
| exsertion | 16 | - | - |
| exsiccant | 20 | - | - |
| exsiccate | 20 | lose water or moisture | - |
| exstrophy | 24 | - | - |
| exsuccous | 20 | - | - |
| extempore | 20 | with little or no preparation or forethought | an extempore skit |
| extendant | 17 | - | - |
| extenders | 17 | - | - |
| extending | 18 | - | - |
| extensile | 16 | capable of being protruded or stretched or opened out | an extensile tongue |
| extensity | 19 | - | - |
| extensors | 16 | - | - |
| extenuate | 16 | lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of | The circumstances extenuate the crime |
| exteriors | 16 | - | - |
| extermine | 18 | - | - |
| externals | 16 | - | - |
| externats | 16 | - | - |
| extincted | 19 | - | - |
| extirping | 19 | - | - |
| extollers | 16 | - | - |
| extolment | 18 | an expression of approval and commendation | - |
| extorsive | 19 | - | - |
| extorters | 16 | - | - |
| extorting | 17 | - | - |
| extortive | 19 | - | - |
| extrabold | 19 | - | - |
| extracted | 19 | - | - |
| extrality | 19 | - | - |
| extranets | 16 | - | - |
| extrapose | 18 | - | - |
| extraught | 20 | - | - |
| extravert | 19 | (psychology) a person concerned more with practical realities than with inner thoughts and feelings | - |
| extreated | 17 | - | - |
| extremals | 18 | - | - |
| extremums | 20 | - | - |
| extrinsic | 18 | not forming an essential part of a thing or arising or originating from the outside | extrinsic evidence |
| extropian | 18 | - | - |
| extropies | 18 | - | - |
| extrorsal | 16 | - | - |
| extruders | 17 | - | - |
| extruding | 18 | - | - |
| extrusile | 16 | - | - |
| extrusive | 19 | of rock material; forced out while molten through cracks in the earth's surface | - |
| extrusory | 19 | - | - |
| extubated | 19 | - | - |
| extubates | 18 | - | - |
| exuberate | 18 | to express great joy | - |
| exudation | 17 | a substance that oozes out from plant pores | - |
| exudative | 20 | - | - |
| exultance | 18 | - | - |
| exultancy | 21 | - | - |
| exuviated | 20 | - | - |
| exuviates | 19 | - | - |
