Unscramble

e 1 x 8 p 3 l 1 e 1 t 1 i 1 v 4 e 1

9 letters · 21 points in Scrabble

Meaning

noun profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger

noun a word or phrase conveying no independent meaning but added to fill out a sentence or metrical line

originFrom Late Latin explētīvus (“serving to fill out”), from Latin explētus, the perfect passive participle of expleō (“fill out”), itself from ex (“out, completely”) + *pleō (“fill”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0

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