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What does excel mean? Is excel a Scrabble word?

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Is excel a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word excel is a Scrabble US word. The word excel is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

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Is excel a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word excel is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

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Is excel a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word excel is a Words With Friends word. The word excel is worth 16 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (1 found)

EXCEL,

4-letter words (1 found)

EXEC,

3-letter words (5 found)

CEE,CEL,EEL,LEE,LEX,

2-letter words (3 found)

EE,EL,EX,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 11 words from excel according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of excel

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Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word excel. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in excel.

Definitions and meaning of excel

excel

Etymology

From Middle English excellen, from Old French exceller, from Latin excellere, excelsum; ex (“out”) + *cellō, an unattested verb root found in culmen (“height, top”); Compare French exceller. See also culminate, column.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪkˈsɛl/
  • Rhymes: -ɛl

Verb

excel (third-person singular simple present excels, present participle excelling, simple past and past participle excelled)

  1. (transitive) To surpass someone or something; to be better or do better than someone or something.
  2. (intransitive) To be much better than others.
    • 1924: Aristotle, Metaphysics. Translated by W. D. Ross. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001. Book 1, Part 2..
      If, then, there is something in what the poets say, and jealousy is natural to the divine power, it would probably occur in this case above all, and all who excelled in this knowledge would be unfortunate.
  3. (transitive, archaic, rare) To exceed, to go beyond

Synonyms

  • (to surpass someone or something): better, outclass, outperform; see also Thesaurus:exceed
  • (to be much better than others): rock, rule
  • (to go beyond): exceed, overstep, surpass, transgress, transcend; see also Thesaurus:transcend

Related terms

  • excellence
  • excellent

Translations

References

  • “excel”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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