218 words come out when you unscramble BACTERIZE, starting with BACTERIZE itself: 22 in Scrabble, 24 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from BACTERIZE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 7, 22 with 6, 54 with 5, 60 with 4, 58 with 3 and 19 with 2. None has 8 letters.
The 6-letter words in BACTERIZE are led by BRAIZE, ZEREBA and ZERIBA, 17 points each. CREATE, REBATE and CARIBE are the familiar ones.
ZEBEC tops the 5-letter words from BACTERIZE at 18 points; next come BAIZE and BRAZE on 16. TRACE, TRIBE and REACT will look familiar.
The 4-letter words you get when you unscramble BACTERIZE are led by BIZE and CZAR, 15 points each. CARE, CART and RACE are the familiar ones.
BEZ, BIZ and CAZ are the top 3-letter words you get when you unscramble BACTERIZE, 14 points each. ARE, CAR and ART will look familiar.
These 6 words have the length of BACTERIZE, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with BA · ending in ZE · all 9-letter words
What BACTERIZE means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept BACTERIZE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BACTERIZE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 218) | 172 | 218 | 160 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 46 of them: ZEREBA, ZERIBA, BRIZE, CEAZE, BEZ, CAZ, TEAZE, RIZA, TREZ, ZARI, ZATI, ZITE and 34 more. Words With Friends* skips 12 of them: REZ, TIZ, ZA, RECIT, CERT, CRIA, CRIT, RABI, BAE, TEC, RAI and TE.
Each word below uses all the letters of BACTERIZE and one more.