Unscramble COLOURIZES and you have 288 words, COLOURIZES itself among them: it scores 21 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. COLORIZES and COLOURIZE are the best of the shorter words, at 20 points. 10 letters: 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from COLOURIZES split into 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 9, 3 with 8, 21 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
COZIERS and CRUZIES are the top 7-letter words you get when you unscramble COLOURIZES, 18 points each. COLOURS, CLOSURE and COOLERS will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words from COLOURIZES, 8 score 17 points, the group's best. SOURCE, COURSE and COLOUR are the ones most people know.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble COLOURIZES, the top score is 16, reached by 6. COLOR, CLOSE and CRUEL are the familiar ones.
COZE and ZOIC are the top 4-letter words from COLOURIZES, 15 points each. SIZE, COOL and CORE will look familiar.
The 3-letter words in COLOURIZES are led by COZ and CUZ, 14 points each. OIL, ICE and SEC are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of COLOURIZES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with CO · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
What COLOURIZES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
COLOURIZES is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLOURIZES itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 288) | 202 | 286 | 181 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
86 of the 288 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: COZIERS, CRUZIES, CIZERS, COOZES, CRUZIE, SCRUZE, COOZE, COZE, ULZIES, ZELOSO, SIZEL, ULZIE and 74 more. 21 of the 288 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: COLOURIZES, COLOURIZE, CUZES, ZOOIER, CUZ, REZ, SEZ, COLOURISE, COLORISE, LOCIES, LOCIE, LOCIS and 9 more. 2 of the 288 answers are missing from Scrabble UK: COOLIES and COOLIE.
This word takes every letter of COLOURIZES plus a single extra one.