Unscramble LINEARIZE and you have 165 words, LINEARIZE itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, REALIZE and LAIRIZE lead with 16 points. It has 9 letters, 5 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from LINEARIZE split into 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 7, 14 with 6, 28 with 5, 60 with 4, 40 with 3 and 18 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Among 28 5-letter words you get when you unscramble LINEARIZE, the top score is 14, reached by 7. LEARN, ALIEN and RENAL are the familiar ones.
11 of 60 4-letter words from LINEARIZE tie at 13 points; none scores more. REAL, LINE and NEAR will look familiar.
Trade one tile of LINEARIZE for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with LI · ending in ZE · all 9-letter words
LINEARIZE first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept LINEARIZE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LINEARIZE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 165) | 123 | 165 | 114 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
42 of the 165 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LAIRIZE, RANZEL, AIZLE, EZINE, LEAZE, NAZIR, NAZE, RIZA, ZARI, ZILA, RIZ, ZEA and 30 more. 9 of the 165 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ZINE, REZ, ZEN, ZA, ARENE, ARIE, LARN, NARE and RAI.
These 3 words take every letter of LINEARIZE plus a single extra one.