Unscramble LEGITIMIZES and you have 235 words, LEGITIMIZES itself among them: it scores 23 in Scrabble and 26 in Words With Friends. 11 letters: 5 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 LEGITIMIZES split into 1 with 11 letters, 2 with 10, 3 with 8, 14 with 7, 24 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 55 with 3 and 16 with 2. None has 9 letters.
The best of the 10-letter words in LEGITIMIZES is LEGITIMIZE, 22 points; LEGITIMISE on 13 follows.
5 of 24 6-letter words from LEGITIMIZES tie at 9 points; none scores more. LIMITS and ELITES will look familiar.
The 5-letter words made with LEGITIMIZES letters are led by MEZES, MILTZ and MZEES, 16 points each. ITEMS, TIMES and MILES are the familiar ones.
MEZE and MZEE share the top score of 15 among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble LEGITIMIZES. TIME, ITEM and SIZE are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words from LEGITIMIZES, MIZ leads with 14 points, then ZIG on 13 and SEZ on 12. SEE, GET and ITS are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of LEGITIMIZES for another and you can spell these 5 words:
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What LEGITIMIZES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept LEGITIMIZES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEGITIMIZES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 235) | 180 | 235 | 165 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 55 of them: SIMILIZE, MILTZES, MILTZ, MZEES, MZEE, MIZ, SIZEL, SITZ, ZELS, ZITE, ZEL, LEGITIMS and 43 more. Words With Friends* skips 15 of them: TIZES, SEZ, TIZ, MEGS, GITES, MEG, STIM, GITE, MES, GIS, SIG, EST and 3 more.
This word takes every letter of LEGITIMIZES plus a single extra one.