Unscramble DELEGITIMIZE and you have 197 words, DELEGITIMIZE itself among them: it scores 25 in Scrabble and 28 in Words With Friends. 12 letters: 6 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from DELEGITIMIZE split into 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 11, 1 with 10, 4 with 8, 7 with 7, 14 with 6, 39 with 5, 60 with 4, 54 with 3 and 16 with 2. None has 9 letters.
Just 1 of the 11-letter words made with DELEGITIMIZE letters: LEGITIMIZED, for 24 points.
LEGITIMIZE is the only one of the 10-letter words in DELEGITIMIZE; it scores 22 points.
Among the 5-letter words from DELEGITIMIZE, MILTZ leads with 16 points, then GLITZ on 15 and LEEZE on 14. LIMIT, ELITE and DIGIT are the familiar ones.
MEZE and MZEE are the top 4-letter words in DELEGITIMIZE, 15 points each. TIME, ITEM and EDIT will look familiar.
MIZ scores highest among the 3-letter words made with DELEGITIMIZE letters at 14 points, ahead of ZED and ZIG on 13. GET, LET and LED are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of DELEGITIMIZE for another and you can spell these 2 words:
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What DELEGITIMIZE means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DELEGITIMIZE, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DELEGITIMIZE itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 197) | 161 | 197 | 151 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 36 of them: MILTZ, MZEE, LEEZE, MIZ, ZITE, ZEL, ZE, LEGITIM, MIDGIE, GEITED, GEMEL, LEMED and 24 more. Words With Friends* skips 10 of them: DELEGITIMIZE, GLITZED, TIZ, EELED, MEG, DELT, GITE, LEDE, GI and TE.
These 3 words take every letter of DELEGITIMIZE plus a single extra one.