Unscramble MACARIZES and you have 243 words, MACARIZES itself among them: it scores 22 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from MACARIZES split into 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 4 with 7, 37 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 18 with 2.
9 of 37 6-letter words you get when you unscramble MACARIZES tie at 17 points; none scores more. CAMERA, CRIMES and RACISM will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words from MACARIZES, 10 score 16 points, the group's best. CRIME, CREAM and ACRES are the ones most people know.
CZAR and MAZE are the top 4-letter words made with MACARIZES letters, 15 points each. CASE, CARE and SIZE will look familiar.
CAZ and MIZ share the top score of 14 among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble MACARIZES. ARE, CAR and AIR are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of MACARIZES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with MA · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CZARISM (20 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: MACARIZES is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MACARIZES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 243) | 189 | 243 | 167 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
54 of the 243 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: MACARIZES, MACARIZE, SAZERAC, CIZERS, CAZ, MIZ, RIZAS, ZARIS, RIZA, ZARI, ZEAS, MACARISE and 42 more. 22 of the 243 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SEIZA, REZ, SEZ, ZAS, ZA, CAMIS, EMICS, MERCS, ARAMES, CAMI, MERC, MICS and 10 more.