290 words come out when you unscramble CRIMINALIZE, starting with CRIMINALIZE itself: 24 in Scrabble, 28 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is MEZCAL, 19 points. The 11 letters split into 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from CRIMINALIZE by length: 1 with 11 letters, 4 with 8, 26 with 7, 57 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2. None has 10 or 9 letters.
LAICIZE and ZINCIER share the top score of 18 among the 7-letter words made with CRIMINALIZE letters. AIRLINE, MINERAL and MIRACLE are the ones most people know.
MEZCAL tops the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble CRIMINALIZE at 19 points; next come MAZIER and MEZAIL on 17. MARINE, REMAIN and LINEAR will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words from CRIMINALIZE, 7 score 16 points, the group's best. EMAIL, CLEAR and CLEAN are the ones most people know.
CZAR, MAZE and ZINC are the top 4-letter words made with CRIMINALIZE letters, 15 points each. CARE, CAME and MICE will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble CRIMINALIZE, CAZ and MIZ tie for first at 14 points. ARE, CAN and CAR are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of CRIMINALIZE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with CR · ending in ZE · all 11-letter words
CRIMINALIZE first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. CRIMINALIZE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRIMINALIZE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 290) | 227 | 290 | 210 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
63 of the 290 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ZINCIER, MEZAIL, ZARNEC, LAIRIZE, RANZEL, AIZLE, CAZ, MIZ, NAZIR, NAZE, RIZA, ZARI and 51 more. 17 of the 290 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ZINE, REZ, ZEN, CERIMAN, CREMINI, CRIMINE, CRIMINI, ZA, RAILMEN, CAMI, MERC, CEILI and 5 more.
With one more tile, the letters of CRIMINALIZE spell the words below.