323 words come out when you unscramble FOSSILIZATION, starting with FOSSILIZATION itself: 25 in Scrabble, 27 in Words With Friends. STANZOS is the best of the shorter words, at 16 points. It has 13 letters, 6 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from FOSSILIZATION by length: 1 with 13 letters, 3 with 10, 7 with 9, 10 with 8, 32 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 30 with 2. None has 12 or 11 letters.
The 10-letter words in FOSSILIZATION are led by FILIATIONS and FOLIATIONS, 13 points each.
Among the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble FOSSILIZATION, STANZOS leads with 16 points, then FINALIS and FINIALS on 10. INITIAL, LIAISON and LOTIONS are the familiar ones.
60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble FOSSILIZATION; 6 of them share the top score of 15. SAINTS, FINALS and FOSSIL are everyday picks.
Of the 60 5-letter words from FOSSILIZATION, 11 score 14 points, the group's best. FINAL, FAILS and FONTS are the ones most people know.
14 of 60 4-letter words in FOSSILIZATION tie at 13 points; none scores more. INFO, FAST and FLAT will look familiar.
FIZ scores highest among the 3-letter words made with FOSSILIZATION letters at 15 points, ahead of AZO and SAZ on 12. NOT, ITS and LOT are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of FOSSILIZATION but one, change that one, and you get:
More 13-letter words: starting with FO · ending in ON · all 13-letter words
FOSSILIZATION 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 FOSSILIZATION, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOSSILIZATION itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 323) | 257 | 320 | 241 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
63 of the 323 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: STANZOS, SIZIST, STANZO, ZOISTS, LAZOS, ZATIS, ZILAS, ZOIST, LAZO, SITZ, ZATI, ZILA and 51 more. 16 of the 323 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ZONA, TIZ, ZAS, FOILISTS, TAILFINS, ZA, FOILIST, TAILFIN, FINITO, FOOS, LOIASIS, STANOLS and 4 more. 3 of the 323 answers are missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ALFS, ALF and FI.
With one more tile, the letters of FOSSILIZATION spell the words below.