excellent: meaning and words from its letters
9 letters · 18 letter points · starts with E · ends with T
Meaning of excellent
adj
Having excelled, having surpassed.
Of higher or the highest quality; splendid.
Exceptionally good of its kind.
Example: Bill and Ted had an excellent adventure last week in preparation for their history exam.
Superior in kind or degree, irrespective of moral quality.
Source: Wiktionary — excellent.
adv
- obsolete
Excellently.
Source: Wiktionary — excellent.
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Synonyms by meaning
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adjective
very good; of the highest quality
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is excellent in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of excellent
E(1) + X(8) + C(3) + E(1) + L(1) + L(1) + E(1) + N(1) + T(1) = 18 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of excellent
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from excellent
30 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in excellent. Showing up to 24, longest first.