Unscramble MAXIMISE and you have 93 words, MAXIMISE itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from MAXIMISE by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 5 with 6, 15 with 5, 27 with 4, 28 with 3 and 16 with 2.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words in MAXIMISE: IMMIXES, for 18 points.
These 5 words have the length of MAXIMISE, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with MA · ending in SE · all 8-letter words
What MAXIMISE means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept MAXIMISE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAXIMISE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 93) | 77 | 92 | 74 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SAXE, SAMMIE, EMMAS, EMMA, MAISE, AMES, MASE, SAIM, SIMI, AME, SAM, SMA and 3 more, 15 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: MAMS, MAM and MES, 3 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: AMEX.
These 6 words take every letter of MAXIMISE plus a single extra one.