Unscramble ENIGMATIZING and you have 286 words, ENIGMATIZING itself among them: it scores 25 in Scrabble and 30 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is MAGNETIZING, 24 points. It has 12 letters, 5 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from ENIGMATIZING split into 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 11, 1 with 10, 4 with 9, 9 with 8, 31 with 7, 56 with 6, 40 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2.
Just 1 of the 11-letter words in ENIGMATIZING: MAGNETIZING, for 24 points.
GEMINATING is the only one of the 10-letter words made with ENIGMATIZING letters; it scores 14 points.
Among the 7-letter words from ENIGMATIZING, ZINGING leads with 18 points, then TEAZING and TZIGANE on 17. MEANING, IMAGINE and IMAGING are the familiar ones.
MAZING scores highest among the 6-letter words in ENIGMATIZING at 18 points, ahead of GAZING on 17 and AGNIZE on 16. GAMING, EATING and MINING are the ones most people know.
Among the 5-letter words made with ENIGMATIZING letters, MAIZE, MIZEN and NIZAM tie for first at 16 points. IMAGE, AGENT and ANIME are everyday picks.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ENIGMATIZING, MAZE leads with 15 points, then GAZE and ZING on 14. TIME, NAME and ITEM are the familiar ones.
MIZ scores highest among the 3-letter words from ENIGMATIZING at 14 points, ahead of ZAG and ZIG on 13. GET, MAN and MEN are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of ENIGMATIZING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with EN · ending in NG · all 12-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by MAGNETIZING (24 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
ENIGMATIZING is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENIGMATIZING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 286) | 216 | 286 | 199 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
70 of the 286 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ENIGMATIZING, TEAZING, ENZIAN, ZIGAN, MIZ, ZANTE, NAZE, ZATI, ZITE, MANEGING, MENAGING, MINIATING and 58 more. 17 of the 286 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ZINE, TIZ, ZEN, ZA, ANTIMINE, INNAGE, MEGA, TAGINE, ATIGI, MANI, MEG, TEGG and 5 more.