217 words come out when you unscramble GALVANIZE, starting with GALVANIZE itself: 22 in Scrabble, 26 in Words With Friends. AVIZE is the best of the shorter words, at 17 points. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from GALVANIZE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 7, 26 with 6, 56 with 5, 60 with 4, 52 with 3 and 17 with 2. None has 8 letters.
4 of 26 6-letter words made with GALVANIZE letters tie at 16 points; none scores more. GALENA will look familiar.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble GALVANIZE, AVIZE leads with 17 points, then AGAZE and GAZAL on 15. AGAIN, GIVEN and ANGEL are the familiar ones.
GAZE and ZING share the top score of 14 among the 4-letter words from GALVANIZE. LIVE, GIVE and GAVE are the ones most people know.
ZAG and ZIG are the top 3-letter words from GALVANIZE, 13 points each. AGE, VAN and LEG will look familiar.
Keep every letter of GALVANIZE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with GA · ending in ZE · all 9-letter words
GALVANIZE first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept GALVANIZE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GALVANIZE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 217) | 175 | 217 | 165 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
42 of the 217 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: AVIZE, GLAZEN, ZINGEL, GAZAL, ZIGAN, AIZLE, NAZE, ZILA, ZEA, ZEL, AVALING, ZE and 30 more. 10 of the 217 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ZINE, ZEN, ZA, VEGA, VLEI, NAV, VIN, GEAN, NEG and GI.
With one more tile, the letters of GALVANIZE spell the words below.