Unscramble FACTORIZE and you have 229 words, FACTORIZE itself among them: it scores 23 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from FACTORIZE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 7, 20 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2. None has 8 letters.
The best of the 6-letter words in FACTORIZE is FOZIER, 18 points; AZOTIC and COZIER on 17 follow. FACTOR, EROTIC and AORTIC are everyday picks.
5 of 60 5-letter words from FACTORIZE tie at 17 points; none scores more. AFTER, FORCE and CRAFT will look familiar.
FAZE, FRIZ and ZARF share the top score of 16 among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble FACTORIZE. FACT, FIRE and FACE are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words in FACTORIZE, FEZ and FIZ tie for first at 15 points. ARE, CAR and ART are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of FACTORIZE for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with FA · ending in ZE · all 9-letter words
FACTORIZE first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept FACTORIZE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FACTORIZE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 229) | 178 | 228 | 161 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 50 of them: FORZATI, FORZA, FORZE, FRIZE, ZOETIC, COZE, CAZ, ROZET, ROZIT, TOAZE, TOZIE, RIZA and 38 more. Words With Friends* skips 17 of them: REZ, TIZ, FRICOT, ZA, CAF, IFTAR, RECOAT, TREFA, AFRO, RECIT, OATIER, ECO and 5 more. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: FI.
These 2 words take every letter of FACTORIZE plus a single extra one.