Unscramble INITIALISES to get 320 words. INITIALISES itself is a real word: 11 points on a Scrabble board, 13 in Words With Friends. INITIALISE and SALINITIES are the best of the shorter words, at 10 points. 11 letters: 6 vowels and 5 consonants.
I1N12I1T1I1A1L12I1S1E1S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from INITIALISES split into 1 with 11 letters, 2 with 10, 4 with 9, 15 with 8, 35 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2.
All 2 of the 10-letter words in INITIALISES score 10 points.
Every one of the 35 7-letter words from INITIALISES scores 7. INITIAL, ENTAILS and LISTENS are everyday picks.
The 6-letter words made with INITIALISES letters come to 60, each scoring 6 points. LISTEN, SILENT and SAINTS are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble INITIALISES score 5 points. LEAST, LINES and LISTS are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 4-letter words from INITIALISES scores 4. LIST, LAST and LINE are everyday picks.
All 60 of the 3-letter words in INITIALISES score 3 points. ITS, SET and LET are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of INITIALISES but one, change that one, and you get:
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What INITIALISES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: INITIALISES is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| INITIALISES itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 320) | 263 | 320 | 246 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LATINISES, SNAILIEST, EASTLINS, LATINISE, SALINISE, STANIELS, EASTLIN, INISLES, LINTIES, STANIEL, EASSIL, ELSINS and 45 more, 57 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: INITIALISES, INITIALISE, SEITANS, SENITIS, INTELS, LIASES, SEITAN, INTEL, LASSI, LITES, ESTS, LIAS and 5 more, 17 in all.