Unscramble AUTHORIZE and you have 214 words, AUTHORIZE itself among them: it scores 21 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. ZEROTH, ZITHER and HAZIER are the best of the shorter words, at 18 points. It has 9 letters, 5 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from AUTHORIZE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 5 with 7, 10 with 6, 46 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 31 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words in AUTHORIZE: THIOUREA, 11 points.
Among the 5-letter words from AUTHORIZE, AZOTH, HAZER and HERTZ tie for first at 17 points. OTHER, HEART and EARTH are everyday picks.
HAZE scores highest among the 4-letter words from AUTHORIZE at 16 points, ahead of IZAR and RAZE on 13. HOUR, HAIR and HEAR are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words in AUTHORIZE, ZHO leads with 15 points, then AZO and REZ on 12. ARE, OUT and ART are the familiar ones.
These 3 words have the length of AUTHORIZE, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with AU · ending in ZE · all 9-letter words
AUTHORIZE first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept AUTHORIZE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| AUTHORIZE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 214) | 161 | 214 | 149 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 53 of them: TOUZIER, ZHO, ROZET, ROZIT, TOAZE, TOUZE, TOZIE, RIZA, TOZE, TREZ, ZARI, ZATI and 41 more. Words With Friends* skips 12 of them: REZ, TIZ, ZA, HAUTER, AHI, OATIER, OUTIE, ARIE, ARO, RAI, OI and TE.
With one more tile, the letters of AUTHORIZE spell the words below.