Unscramble ELASTICIZING and you have 400 words, ELASTICIZING itself among them: it scores 24 in Scrabble and 28 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, ANGLICIZES leads with 22 points. 12 letters: 5 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from ELASTICIZING split into 1 with 12 letters, 3 with 10, 22 with 9, 47 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2. None has 11 letters.
ANGLICIZES scores highest among the 10-letter words in ELASTICIZING at 22 points, ahead of ITALICIZES on 21 and SILICATING on 13.
Among the 9-letter words made with ELASTICIZING letters, ANGLICIZE and LAICIZING tie for first at 21 points.
Among 47 8-letter words you get when you unscramble ELASTICIZING, the top score is 19, reached by 7. CITIZENS, STEALING and CEILINGS are the familiar ones.
CEAZING tops the 7-letter words from ELASTICIZING at 19 points; next come CITIZEN and LAICIZE on 18. CLIENTS, CEILING and CASTING will look familiar.
60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble ELASTICIZING; 7 of them share the top score of 16. CLIENT, CITIES and CASTLE are everyday picks.
Among the 5-letter words from ELASTICIZING, ZINCS leads with 16 points, then GAZES and GLAZE on 15. CENTS, CITES and CAGES are the familiar ones.
ZINC scores highest among the 4-letter words in ELASTICIZING at 15 points, ahead of GAZE and ZAGS on 14. CASE, SIZE and CAST are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words made with ELASTICIZING letters, CAZ leads with 14 points, then ZAG and ZIG on 13. CAN, GET and ACT are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of ELASTICIZING but one, change that one, and you get:
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The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by ANGLICIZES (22 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts ELASTICIZING, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELASTICIZING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 400) | 309 | 400 | 279 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
91 of the 400 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ELASTICIZING, ANTICIZES, ANTICIZE, CEAZING, TZIGANIES, ZINCIEST, GAZIEST, SEAZING, TAILZIES, TEAZING, ZINGELS, GLAZEN and 79 more. 30 of the 400 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SLEAZING, SEIZA, TIZES, ZINES, ZENS, ZINE, SEZ, TIZ, ZAS, ZEN, ZA, CANISTEL and 18 more.