Unscramble CYANIZES to get 167 words. CYANIZES itself is a real word: 22 points on a Scrabble board, 23 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from CYANIZES split into 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 6 with 6, 26 with 5, 60 with 4, 54 with 3 and 18 with 2.
ZINCY tops the 5-letter words from CYANIZES at 19 points; next come ZAYIN on 17 and ZINCS on 16. NAZIS and CANES will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble CYANIZES, SIZY and ZANY tie for first at 16 points. CASE, SIZE and EASY are everyday picks.
YEZ scores highest among the 3-letter words made with CYANIZES letters at 15 points, ahead of CAZ on 14 and SAZ on 12. CAN, ANY and YES are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of CYANIZES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with CY · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ZINCY (19 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
CYANIZES is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CYANIZES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 167) | 120 | 167 | 108 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CYANIZES, CYANIZE, CAZ, NAZES, SENZA, NAZE, ZEAS, CYANISE, SAZ, ZEA, ZE, CANY and 35 more, 47 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: YEZ, SEIZA, ZINES, ZENS, ZINE, SEZ, ZAS, ZEN, ZA, YAS, NAES and SAN, 12 in all.