Unscramble BANALIZE and you have 130 words, BANALIZE itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 17: 5 of them, ABLAZE, BANZAI and BENZAL included. It has 8 letters, 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from BANALIZE by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 6 with 6, 21 with 5, 45 with 4, 37 with 3 and 19 with 2.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words in BANALIZE: ABELIAN, for 9 points.
BIZE tops the 4-letter words from BANALIZE at 15 points; next come AZAN and LAZE on 13. LINE, ABLE and LANE will look familiar.
These 6 words have the length of BANALIZE, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with BA · ending in ZE · all 8-letter words
The meaning of BANALIZE, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept BANALIZE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BANALIZE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 130) | 106 | 130 | 100 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
24 of the 130 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BENZIL, BLAIZE, AIZLE, BEZ, NAZE, ZILA, ZEA, ZEL, ZE, BANIA, NABLA, ALBE and 12 more. 6 of the 130 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ZINE, ZEN, ZA, BEAL, BAE and NALA.
These 4 words take every letter of BANALIZE plus a single extra one.