279 words come out when you unscramble INITIALIZES, starting with INITIALIZES itself: 20 in Scrabble, 22 in Words With Friends. INITIALIZE is the best of the shorter words, at 19 points. It has 11 letters, 6 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from INITIALIZES by length: 1 with 11 letters, 2 with 10, 2 with 9, 8 with 8, 20 with 7, 41 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
INITIALIZE tops the 10-letter words made with INITIALIZES letters at 19 points; next comes INITIALISE on 10.
Of the 20 7-letter words you get when you unscramble INITIALIZES, 5 score 16 points, the group's best. INITIAL, ENTAILS and SALIENT are the ones most people know.
41 6-letter words made with INITIALIZES letters; 9 of them share the top score of 15. LISTEN, SILENT and ALIENS are everyday picks.
17 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble INITIALIZES tie at 14 points; none scores more. LEAST, LINES and ALIEN will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words from INITIALIZES, 19 score 13 points, the group's best. LAST, SIZE and EAST are the ones most people know.
Among 60 3-letter words in INITIALIZES, the top score is 12, reached by 9. ITS, SET and LET are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of INITIALIZES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with IN · ending in ES · all 11-letter words
What INITIALIZES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. INITIALIZES is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| INITIALIZES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 279) | 218 | 279 | 199 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 61 of them: TAILZIES, TAILZIE, ZELANTS, AIZLES, STANZE, ZANTES, ZELANT, AIZLE, NAZES, SENZA, SIZEL, ZANTE and 49 more. Words With Friends* skips 19 of them: SEIZA, TIZES, ZINES, ZENS, ZINE, SEZ, TIZ, ZAS, ZEN, ZA, INITIALISE, INTELS and 7 more.