Unscramble ITALIANIZING and you have 184 words, ITALIANIZING itself among them: it scores 22 in Scrabble and 26 in Words With Friends. 12 letters: 6 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from ITALIANIZING split into 1 with 12 letters, 2 with 10, 11 with 7, 21 with 6, 36 with 5, 57 with 4, 41 with 3 and 15 with 2. None has 11, 9 or 8 letters.
The best of the 10-letter words made with ITALIANIZING letters is LATINIZING, 20 points; INITIALING on 11 follows.
LAZING scores highest among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble ITALIANIZING at 16 points, ahead of ZINNIA on 15 and AGNAIL on 7. LINING, ANGINA and TILING are the ones most people know.
Among the 5-letter words from ITALIANIZING, GAZAL, GLITZ and ZIGAN tie for first at 15 points. AGAIN, GIANT and ALIGN are everyday picks.
ZING tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ITALIANIZING at 14 points; next come AZAN and NAZI on 13. ANTI, GAIN and TAIL will look familiar.
Trade one tile of ITALIANIZING for another and you can spell these 2 words:
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ITALIANIZING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. ITALIANIZING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ITALIANIZING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 184) | 139 | 184 | 127 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 45 of them: ANZIANI, GAZAL, ZIGAN, ZATI, ZILA, TANLING, GALANT, GITANA, INANGA, LITING, AGILA, AINGA and 33 more. Words With Friends* skips 12 of them: TIZ, ZA, LINTING, LIGNAN, AGITA, ATIGI, LATINA, TANGA, NAGA, NALA, TIAN and GI.