Unscramble ILLIBERALIZE and you have 205 words, ILLIBERALIZE itself among them: it scores 23 in Scrabble and 27 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is LIBERALIZE, 21 points. 12 letters: 6 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from ILLIBERALIZE by length: 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 10, 1 with 9, 3 with 8, 10 with 7, 24 with 6, 48 with 5, 60 with 4, 40 with 3 and 17 with 2. None has 11 letters.
Just 1 of the 10-letter words made with ILLIBERALIZE letters: LIBERALIZE, for 21 points.
There is a single one of the 9-letter words in ILLIBERALIZE: ILLIBERAL, 11 points.
Of the 24 6-letter words in ILLIBERALIZE, 6 score 17 points, the group's best. LIABLE, BLAZER and ALLELE are the ones most people know.
7 of 48 5-letter words made with ILLIBERALIZE letters tie at 16 points; none scores more. LABEL, REBEL and BELLE will look familiar.
BIZE scores highest among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ILLIBERALIZE at 15 points, ahead of IZAR and LAZE on 13. ABLE, BILL and BALL are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of ILLIBERALIZE for another and you can spell this word:
More 12-letter words: starting with IL · ending in ZE · all 12-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by LIBERALIZE (21 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts ILLIBERALIZE, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ILLIBERALIZE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 205) | 156 | 205 | 148 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 49 of them: ILLIBERALIZE, BLAIZE, ZEREBA, ZERIBA, BRIZE, LAIRIZE, AIZLE, BEZ, LEAZE, ZILLA, RIZA, ZARI and 37 more. Words With Friends* skips 8 of them: REZ, ZA, BALLIER, BEAL, RABI, BAE, ARIE and RAI.
Each word below uses all the letters of ILLIBERALIZE and one more.