Unscramble INITIALISE to get 256 words. INITIALISE itself is a real word: 10 points on a Scrabble board, 12 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, ANILITIES leads with 9 points. It has 10 letters, 6 vowels and 4 consonants.
I1N12I1T1I1A1L12I1S1E1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from INITIALISE split into 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 4 with 8, 15 with 7, 32 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2.
There is a single one of the 9-letter words made with INITIALISE letters: ANILITIES, 9 points.
Every one of the 32 6-letter words you get when you unscramble INITIALISE scores 6. LISTEN, SILENT and ALIENS are everyday picks.
All 60 of the 5-letter words from INITIALISE score 5 points. LEAST, LINES and SAINT are the ones most people know.
The 4-letter words in INITIALISE come to 60, each scoring 4 points. LIST, LAST and LINE are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 3-letter words made with INITIALISE letters score 3 points. ITS, SET and LET are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of INITIALISE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with IN · ending in SE · all 10-letter words
INITIALISE first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept INITIALISE, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| INITIALISE itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 256) | 209 | 256 | 198 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 47 of them: LATINISE, EASTLIN, LINTIES, STANIEL, INISLE, LINTIE, TINIES, ELSIN, ENLIT, INTIL, ISNAE, LANTS and 35 more. Words With Friends* skips 11 of them: INITIALISE, INTELS, SEITAN, INTEL, LITES, LIAS, NAES, ATS, EST, SAN and TE.
These 4 words take every letter of INITIALISE plus a single extra one.