What does EXPOSE mean?

Pronunciation
/ɪkˈspoʊz/
Letters
6
Scrabble score
15
Words With Friends score
16
How common
Fairly common

Meaning

verb

  1. expose or make accessible to some action or influence“Expose your students to art”
  2. make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret“The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold”
  3. to show, make visible or apparent“The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month”
  4. remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body“uncover your belly”
  5. disclose to view as by removing a cover“The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set”
  6. put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
  7. expose to light, of photographic film
  8. expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas“The physicist debunked the psychic's claims”

Definitions from Princeton WordNet 3.0.

Other forms

exposes16exposing18

Anagrams of EXPOSE

No other word in the ENABLE list uses exactly these letters.

Words inside EXPOSE

29 shorter words can be made from these letters. Here are the most useful.

expos14poxes14epos6exes11expo13 opes6oxes11pees6peso6pose6 seep6oes3ope5ops5ose3pee5 pes5pox12see3 sop5sox10es2ex9 oe2op4os2 ox9pe4 so2

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Questions

Is EXPOSE a valid word in word games?

EXPOSE is in the ENABLE word list, which many word games use, so it is very likely to be accepted. Check your game's own dictionary if a play is challenged.

How many points is EXPOSE worth?

EXPOSE is worth 15 points with Scrabble letter values and 16 with Words With Friends values, before any bonus squares.

What words can you make from EXPOSE?

29 other words, including SO, SEE, EX and OP.