Unscramble ANNUALIZING and you have 159 words, ANNUALIZING itself among them: it scores 21 in Scrabble and 27 in Words With Friends. ANNALIZING is the best of the shorter words, at 20 points. 11 letters: 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from ANNUALIZING split into 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 1 with 9, 3 with 8, 6 with 7, 24 with 6, 28 with 5, 45 with 4, 35 with 3 and 15 with 2.
There is a single one of the 10-letter words in ANNUALIZING: ANNALIZING, 20 points.
UNNAILING is the only one of the 9-letter words made with ANNUALIZING letters; it scores 10 points.
The best of the 6-letter words from ANNUALIZING is LAZING, 16 points; ZINNIA on 15 and AGNAIL on 7 follow. ANNUAL, LINING and LAGUNA are everyday picks.
ZING scores highest among the 4-letter words made with ANNUALIZING letters at 14 points, ahead of AZAN and NAZI on 13. GAIN, LUNG and NAIL are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of ANNUALIZING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with AN · ending in NG · all 11-letter words
ANNUALIZING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. ANNUALIZING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANNUALIZING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 159) | 120 | 158 | 110 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
38 of the 159 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ANNALIZING, ANZIANI, GAZAL, ZIGAN, ZILA, LUZ, UNLINING, LINNING, INANGA, UNGAIN, AGILA, AGUNA and 26 more. 10 of the 159 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ZA, LIGNAN, AGLU, NAGA, NANNA, NALA, NUG, GI, LUN and UNI. 1 of the 159 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: UGLI.