Unscramble ITALICISING and you have 290 words, ITALICISING itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. SILICATING is the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. The 11 letters split into 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from ITALICISING by length: 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 2 with 9, 9 with 8, 29 with 7, 51 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 17 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
Just 1 of the 10-letter words in ITALICISING: SILICATING, for 13 points.
Among 29 7-letter words you get when you unscramble ITALICISING, the top score is 10, reached by 8. LISTING, INITIAL and SAILING are the familiar ones.
10 of 51 6-letter words from ITALICISING tie at 9 points; none scores more. SIGNAL, ACTING and GIANTS will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words in ITALICISING, 6 score 8 points, the group's best. GIANT, GAINS and ALIGN are the ones most people know.
5 of 60 4-letter words made with ITALICISING letters tie at 7 points; none scores more. SIGN, TAGS and CAST will look familiar.
CAG and CIG share the top score of 6 among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble ITALICISING. CAN, ITS and ACT are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of ITALICISING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with IT · ending in NG · all 11-letter words
What ITALICISING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
ITALICISING works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the Words With Friends list.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ITALICISING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 290) | 233 | 290 | 219 |
* Lists: NWL2023, Collins CSW24, Words With Friends' own (changing) list.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SILICATING, ANGLICIST, SCAILING, SCLATING, ALGINIC, SINICAL, TICING, TIGLIC, AISLING, ANGLIST, CANGS, CITALS and 45 more, 57 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ATIGIS, CLITS, TASING, ATIGI, CALS, CLIT, SIGLA, SIGNA, CAL, AGS, GIS, SIG and 2 more, 14 in all.