Unscramble ILLEGALIZES to get 216 words. ILLEGALIZES itself is a real word: 21 points on a Scrabble board, 25 in Words With Friends. 11 letters: 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
I1L12L12E1G23A1L12I1Z10E1S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from ILLEGALIZES split into 1 with 11 letters, 2 with 10, 2 with 9, 6 with 8, 10 with 7, 23 with 6, 50 with 5, 60 with 4, 46 with 3 and 16 with 2.
The best of the 10-letter words in ILLEGALIZES is ILLEGALIZE, 20 points; ILLEGALISE on 11 follows.
GLAZES tops the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble ILLEGALIZES at 16 points; next come AIZLES and LAZIES on 15. EAGLES, ALLIES and LILIES will look familiar.
GAZES and GLAZE share the top score of 15 among the 5-letter words from ILLEGALIZES. LEGAL, LEASE and EAGLE are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words in ILLEGALIZES; 4 of them share the top score of 14. SIZE, SALE and AGES are everyday picks.
ZAG and ZIG are the top 3-letter words made with ILLEGALIZES letters, 13 points each. ALL, SEE and AGE will look familiar.
Keep every letter of ILLEGALIZES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with IL · ending in ES · all 11-letter words
ILLEGALIZES 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 ILLEGALIZES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ILLEGALIZES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 216) | 167 | 216 | 156 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
49 of the 216 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GALLISIZE, GALLIZES, GALLIZE, AIZLES, LEAZES, ZILLAS, AIZLE, LEAZE, SEAZE, SIZEL, ZILAS, ZILLA and 37 more. 11 of the 216 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SEIZA, SEZ, ZAS, ZA, GELLIES, SIGLA, AGS, GIS, LIAS, SIG and GI.