82 words come out when you unscramble ILLEGALIZE, starting with ILLEGALIZE itself: 20 in Scrabble, 24 in Words With Friends. LEGALIZE is the best of the shorter words, at 18 points. 10 letters: 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from ILLEGALIZE by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 8, 4 with 7, 3 with 6, 14 with 5, 23 with 4, 24 with 3 and 12 with 2. None has 9 letters.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words in ILLEGALIZE: LEGALIZE, for 18 points.
Keep every letter of ILLEGALIZE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with IL · ending in ZE · all 10-letter words
What ILLEGALIZE means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ILLEGALIZE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ILLEGALIZE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 82) | 65 | 82 | 63 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
17 of the 82 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GALLIZE, AIZLE, LEAZE, ZILLA, ZILA, ZEA, ZEL, ZE, ALLEL, GEAL, GILA, GLEI and 5 more. 2 of the 82 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ZA and GI.
Each word below uses all the letters of ILLEGALIZE and one more.