232 words come out when you unscramble FAMILIARIZE, starting with FAMILIARIZE itself: 25 in Scrabble, 27 in Words With Friends. 11 letters: 6 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from FAMILIARIZE by length: 1 with 11 letters, 3 with 8, 8 with 7, 18 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 59 with 3 and 23 with 2. None has 10 or 9 letters.
FRIZE scores highest among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble FAMILIARIZE at 17 points, ahead of AMAZE and MAIZE on 16. EMAIL, FRAME and ALARM are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words from FAMILIARIZE, FAZE, FRIZ and ZARF tie for first at 16 points. MAIL, LIFE and FILE are everyday picks.
The 3-letter words in FAMILIARIZE are led by FEZ and FIZ, 15 points each. ARE, AIR and MAR are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of FAMILIARIZE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with FA · ending in ZE · all 11-letter words
FAMILIARIZE first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept FAMILIARIZE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAMILIARIZE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 232) | 181 | 229 | 171 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FILAZER, FRIZE, MEZAIL, ALIZARI, LAIRIZE, AIZLE, MIZ, RIZA, ZARI, ZILA, RIZ, ZEA and 36 more, 48 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: REZ, ZA, FILMI, MILF, FAM, ARAME, EMAIL, FLIR, RAMAL, FE and RAI, 11 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ALF and FI, 2 in all. Not in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: EMF.
These 3 words take every letter of FAMILIARIZE plus a single extra one.