164 words come out when you unscramble ANIMALIZE, starting with ANIMALIZE itself: 20 in Scrabble, 23 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 5 vowels and 4 consonants.
A1N12I1M34A1L12I1Z10E1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from ANIMALIZE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 7, 11 with 6, 33 with 5, 60 with 4, 38 with 3 and 20 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words made with ANIMALIZE letters: LAMINAE, for 9 points.
Among 33 5-letter words from ANIMALIZE, the top score is 16, reached by 6. EMAIL, ANIME and ALIEN are the familiar ones.
MAZE tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ANIMALIZE at 15 points; next come AZAN and LAZE on 13. NAME, MAIL and LINE will look familiar.
Keep every letter of ANIMALIZE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with AN · ending in ZE · all 9-letter words
What ANIMALIZE means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. ANIMALIZE is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANIMALIZE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 164) | 135 | 164 | 129 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
29 of the 164 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: MEZAIL, ZAMAN, AIZLE, MIZ, NAZE, ZILA, ZEA, ZEL, ZE, ALMAIN, AMELIA, AMLA and 17 more. 6 of the 164 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ZINE, ZEN, ZA, EMAIL, MANI and NALA.
Each word below uses all the letters of ANIMALIZE and one more.