113 words come out when you unscramble MAXIMIZES, starting with MAXIMIZES itself: 29 in Scrabble, 31 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
M34A1X8I1M34I1Z10E1S1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from MAXIMIZES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 1 with 7, 6 with 6, 20 with 5, 30 with 4, 35 with 3 and 18 with 2.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words in MAXIMIZES: IMMIXES, for 18 points.
ZAXES scores highest among the 5-letter words from MAXIMIZES at 21 points, ahead of IMMIX and MAIZE on 16. EXAMS, MAXIM and MIXES are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words made with MAXIMIZES letters, MAZE leads with 15 points, then AMEX and EXAM on 13. SAME, SIZE and SEMI are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of MAXIMIZES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with MA · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
What MAXIMIZES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
MAXIMIZES works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAXIMIZES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 113) | 91 | 112 | 84 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
21 of the 113 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ZEX, MIZ, ZEAS, SAZ, ZEA, SAXE, ZE, SAMMIE, EMMAS, EMMA, MAISE, AMES and 9 more. 7 of the 113 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SEIZA, SEZ, ZAS, ZA, MAMS, MAM and MES. 1 of the 113 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: AMEX.
This word takes every letter of MAXIMIZES plus a single extra one.