Unscramble ACTUALIZING to get 264 words. ACTUALIZING itself is a real word: 23 points on a Scrabble board, 28 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, LAZING leads with 16 points. It has 11 letters, 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from ACTUALIZING split into 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 9, 5 with 8, 18 with 7, 39 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2. None has 10 letters.
Just 1 of the 9-letter words made with ACTUALIZING letters: GUANCIALI, for 12 points.
Of the 18 7-letter words you get when you unscramble ACTUALIZING, 7 score 10 points, the group's best. LUNATIC is the one most people know.
Among the 6-letter words from ACTUALIZING, LAZING leads with 16 points, then ACTING and CAAING on 9. ACTUAL, ITALIC and CITING are the familiar ones.
GAZAL, GLITZ and ZIGAN are the top 5-letter words from ACTUALIZING, 15 points each. AGAIN, GIANT and CANAL will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words in ACTUALIZING, ZINC leads with 15 points, then ZING on 14 and AZAN on 13. ANTI, GAIN and LUNG are the familiar ones.
Among the 3-letter words made with ACTUALIZING letters, CAZ and CUZ tie for first at 14 points. CAN, ACT and CUT are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of ACTUALIZING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with AC · ending in NG · all 11-letter words
ACTUALIZING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ACTUALIZING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACTUALIZING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 264) | 197 | 263 | 175 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 65 of them: GAZAL, ZIGAN, CAZ, ZATI, ZILA, LUZ, ACUATING, CLAUTING, ALGINIC, GLUCINA, ALICANT, ANCILIA and 53 more. Words With Friends* skips 23 of them: CUZ, GUANCIALI, TIZ, LINGUICA, ZA, CANTAL, CUNIT, GUAC, TACAN, UNICA, ACAI, AGITA and 11 more. Scrabble US skips 1 of them: CUNT. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: UGLI.