Unscramble DECENTRALIZED to get 440 words. DECENTRALIZED itself is a real word: 26 points on a Scrabble board, 29 in Words With Friends. 13 letters: 5 vowels and 8 consonants.
D2E1C34E1N12T1R1A1L12I1Z10E1D2
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from DECENTRALIZED split into 1 with 13 letters, 3 with 12, 3 with 11, 13 with 10, 30 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 30 with 2.
Among the 12-letter words in DECENTRALIZED, DECARTELIZED leads with 25 points, then DECENTRALIZE on 24 and CREDENTIALED on 16.
CENTRALIZED and DECARTELIZE share the top score of 23 among the 11-letter words made with DECENTRALIZED letters.
CARTELIZED and ELECTRIZED are the top 10-letter words from DECENTRALIZED, 22 points each. CREDENTIAL and DELINEATED will look familiar.
The 9-letter words you get when you unscramble DECENTRALIZED are led by CARTELIZE, ELECTRIZE and ZELATRICE, 20 points each.
DEZINCED tops the 8-letter words in DECENTRALIZED at 21 points; next come CREDENZA on 20 and REALIZED on 18. DIRECTED, DEADLINE and DECLARED will look familiar.
The 7-letter words made with DECENTRALIZED letters are led by DIZENED and ZINCATE, 18 points each. CREATED, ELECTED and REALIZE are the familiar ones.
4 of 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DECENTRALIZED tie at 18 points; none scores more. CREDIT, DECIDE and DECADE will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words from DECENTRALIZED, 4 score 16 points, the group's best. DANCE, CITED and CEDAR are the ones most people know.
CZAR and ZINC are the top 4-letter words in DECENTRALIZED, 15 points each. CARE, CARD and CART will look familiar.
CAZ scores highest among the 3-letter words made with DECENTRALIZED letters at 14 points, ahead of ADZ and ZED on 13. CAN, ADD and DID are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of DECENTRALIZED but one, change that one, and you get:
More 13-letter words: starting with DE · ending in ED · all 13-letter words
DECENTRALIZED first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. DECENTRALIZED 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DECENTRALIZED itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 440) | 339 | 440 | 309 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
101 of the 440 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DECARTELIZED, DECARTELIZE, ELECTRIZED, ELECTRIZE, ZELATRICE, CEAZED, TZADDI, ZARNEC, CEAZE, DRAZEL, DZEREN, NEEZED and 89 more. 30 of the 440 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DENTALIZED, DENTALIZE, ADZED, IZARD, ZEDA, ZINE, DECALITRE, DENTICARE, NECTARIED, REZ, TIZ, ZEN and 18 more.