Unscramble CYCLIZING and you have 36 words, CYCLIZING itself among them: it scores 26 in Scrabble and 30 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
C34Y43C34L12I1Z10I1N12G23
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from CYCLIZING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 7, 6 with 6, 8 with 5, 5 with 4, 11 with 3 and 4 with 2. None has 8 letters.
CYCLING is the only one of the 7-letter words made with CYCLIZING letters; it scores 15 points.
Keep every letter of CYCLIZING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with CY · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
What CYCLIZING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CYCLIZING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CYCLIZING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 36) | 31 | 36 | 28 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CLYING, CLY, NY, ING and LIG, 5 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CYCLIN, CIG and GI, 3 in all.