Unscramble GARGARIZES to get 237 words. GARGARIZES itself is a real word: 21 points on a Scrabble board, 23 in Words With Friends. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from GARGARIZES by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 3 with 8, 9 with 7, 33 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 54 with 3 and 15 with 2.
7 of 33 6-letter words from GARGARIZES tie at 16 points; none scores more. GARAGE, SIERRA and RAISER will look familiar.
Among 60 5-letter words from GARGARIZES, the top score is 15, reached by 6. AREAS, RAISE and ARISE are the familiar ones.
4 of 60 4-letter words in GARGARIZES tie at 14 points; none scores more. AREA, SIZE and GEAR will look familiar.
ZAG and ZIG share the top score of 13 among the 3-letter words made with GARGARIZES letters. ARE, AIR and AGE are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of GARGARIZES for another and you can spell these 3 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with GA · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with GRAZIERS (18 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
GARGARIZES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GARGARIZES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 237) | 176 | 237 | 154 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 61 of them: GARGARIZES, GARGARIZE, AGRIZES, AGRIZE, GAZIER, GRIZES, GRIZE, RIZAS, ZARIS, RIZA, ZARI, ZEAS and 49 more. Words With Friends* skips 22 of them: GRIZ, SEIZA, REZ, SEZ, ZAS, ZA, RAGGAS, RAGERS, RAGGA, RAGGS, IGGS, RAGER and 10 more.