203 words come out when you unscramble EMPHASIZE, starting with EMPHASIZE itself: 25 in Scrabble, 26 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from EMPHASIZE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 7, 11 with 6, 42 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble EMPHASIZE, HAZES leads with 17 points, then MAIZE and MAZES on 16. PHASE, SHAPE and SHEEP are the familiar ones.
PHIZ tops the 4-letter words from EMPHASIZE at 18 points; next come HAZE on 16 and MAZE on 15. SIZE, MAPS and SHIP will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words from EMPHASIZE, 4 score 14 points, the group's best. HAS, MAP and ZIP are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of EMPHASIZE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with EM · ending in ZE · all 9-letter words
The meaning of EMPHASIZE, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept EMPHASIZE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EMPHASIZE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 203) | 160 | 201 | 144 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
42 of the 203 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SIAMEZE, PEAZES, PEIZES, MZEES, PEAZE, PEIZE, PIZES, MZEE, PIZE, HEMPIES, MIZ, PHAEISM and 30 more. 16 of the 203 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ZEPS, SEIZA, ZEP, PASHM, SEZ, ZAS, ZA, HEPS, HIMS, MEH, MIPS, SPAM and 4 more. 1 of the 203 answers is missing from Scrabble UK: SPAZ. 1 of the 203 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: HEMI.
With one more tile, the letters of EMPHASIZE spell the words below.