299 words come out when you unscramble ADULTERIZE, starting with ADULTERIZE itself: 20 in Scrabble, 22 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is LATERIZED, 19 points. The 10 letters split into 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from ADULTERIZE by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 6 with 8, 24 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2.
Just 1 of the 9-letter words made with ADULTERIZE letters: LATERIZED, for 19 points.
DEUTZIA, DUALIZE and TEAZLED are the top 7-letter words you get when you unscramble ADULTERIZE, 17 points each. RELATED, REALIZE and ALTERED will look familiar.
60 6-letter words from ADULTERIZE; 5 of them share the top score of 16. DETAIL, LEADER and DEALER are everyday picks.
8 of 60 5-letter words from ADULTERIZE tie at 15 points; none scores more. ADULT, RATED and DELTA will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words in ADULTERIZE, the top score is 14, reached by 4. DATE, DEAL and DIET are the familiar ones.
ADZ and ZED are the top 3-letter words made with ADULTERIZE letters, 13 points each. ARE, ART and AIR will look familiar.
These 6 words have the length of ADULTERIZE, with one letter different:
More 10-letter words: starting with AD · ending in ZE · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; LATERIZED (19 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
ADULTERIZE is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADULTERIZE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 299) | 234 | 299 | 223 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
65 of the 299 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ADULTERIZE, DRAZEL, TEAZED, DARZI, DAZER, DURZI, ZERDA, AIZLE, LEAZE, TEAZE, ULZIE, RIZA and 53 more. 11 of the 299 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: IZARD, ZEDA, REZ, TIZ, ZA, AUDITEE, TRIALED, DELT, LUD, DA and TE.
These 3 words take every letter of ADULTERIZE plus a single extra one.