85 words come out when you unscramble HIBERNIZE, starting with HIBERNIZE itself: 23 in Scrabble, 24 in Words With Friends. RHIZINE is the best of the shorter words, at 19 points. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from HIBERNIZE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 7, 3 with 6, 9 with 5, 28 with 4, 30 with 3 and 12 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Keep every letter of HIBERNIZE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with HI · ending in ZE · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by ZEBRINE (18 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts HIBERNIZE, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIBERNIZE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 85) | 60 | 85 | 56 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 24 of them: HIBERNIZE, RHIZINE, HIZEN, BRIZE, BEZ, EZINE, RIZ, ZE, HEBEN, RHINE, BEIN, BENI and 12 more. Words With Friends* skips 5 of them: ZINE, REZ, ZEN, HIREE and BINER. Scrabble US skips 1 of them: HEBE.
These 2 words take every letter of HIBERNIZE plus a single extra one.