Unscramble EMPHASIZES and you have 276 words, EMPHASIZES itself among them: it scores 26 in Scrabble and 27 in Words With Friends. 10 letters: 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
E1M34P34H43A1S1I1Z10E1S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from EMPHASIZES by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 5 with 8, 15 with 7, 48 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
PHIZES tops the 6-letter words from EMPHASIZES at 20 points; next come MAIZES and PEAZES on 17. SHAPES, PHASES and SESAME will look familiar.
HAZES scores highest among the 5-letter words from EMPHASIZES at 17 points, ahead of MAIZE and MAZES on 16. SHIPS, PHASE and SHAPE are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words in EMPHASIZES, PHIZ leads with 18 points, then HAZE on 16 and MAZE on 15. SIZE, MAPS and SHIP are the familiar ones.
4 of 60 3-letter words made with EMPHASIZES letters tie at 14 points; none scores more. HAS, MAP and ZIP will look familiar.
Keep every letter of EMPHASIZES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with EM · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
What EMPHASIZES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept EMPHASIZES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EMPHASIZES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 276) | 215 | 273 | 193 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SIAMEZES, SIAMEZE, PEAZES, PEIZES, MZEES, PEAZE, PEIZE, PIZES, MZEE, PHAEISMS, PIZE, SEAZES and 48 more, 60 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SEIZAS, ZEPS, SEIZA, ZEP, PASHMS, PASHM, SEZ, ZAS, ZA, HEPS, HIMS, SPAMS and 9 more, 21 in all. Not in Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: SPAZES. Not in Scrabble UK: SPAZ. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: HEMI.