Unscramble ALPHABETIZE and you have 265 words, ALPHABETIZE itself among them: it scores 27 in Scrabble and 29 in Words With Friends. APHETIZE and HEPATIZE are the best of the shorter words, at 22 points. The 11 letters split into 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from ALPHABETIZE by length: 1 with 11 letters, 6 with 8, 17 with 7, 32 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 29 with 2. None has 10 or 9 letters.
Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble ALPHABETIZE, ZIBETH leads with 20 points, then ABLAZE and BLAIZE on 17. BETHEL and PALATE are the familiar ones.
The best of the 5-letter words from ALPHABETIZE is HAZEL, 17 points; BAIZA and BAIZE on 16 follow. ALPHA, PLAZA and HABIT are everyday picks.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ALPHABETIZE, PHIZ leads with 18 points, then HAZE on 16 and BIZE on 15. HELP, ABLE and PATH are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 3-letter words from ALPHABETIZE, 5 score 14 points, the group's best. BIT, ZIP and HIT are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of ALPHABETIZE but one, change that one, and you get:
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What ALPHABETIZE means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
ALPHABETIZE works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALPHABETIZE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 265) | 204 | 265 | 193 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
60 of the 265 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: APHETIZE, ZABTIEH, ATHEIZE, BLAIZE, ZABETA, PEAZE, PEIZE, ALTEZA, PIZE, AIZLE, BEZ, LEAZE and 48 more. 12 of the 265 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ZEP, TAPEABLE, TIZ, ZA, EPILATE, PALEATE, THALI, BALTI, AHI, LAH, BAE and TE. 1 of the 265 answers is missing from Scrabble US: HEBE.
These 3 words take every letter of ALPHABETIZE plus a single extra one.