Unscramble MELANIZE and you have 149 words, MELANIZE itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. It has 8 letters, 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from MELANIZE split into 1 with 8 letters, 8 with 6, 27 with 5, 53 with 4, 40 with 3 and 20 with 2. None has 7 letters.
The 5-letter words in MELANIZE are led by MAIZE, MIZEN and NIZAM, 16 points each. EMAIL, ANIME and ALIEN are the familiar ones.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble MELANIZE, MAZE, MEZE and MZEE tie for first at 15 points. NAME, MAIL and LINE are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of MELANIZE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with ME · ending in ZE · all 8-letter words
MELANIZE 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 MELANIZE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MELANIZE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 149) | 112 | 149 | 106 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 37 of them: MEAZEL, MEZAIL, MZEE, AIZLE, EZINE, LEAZE, MIZ, NAZE, ZILA, ZEA, ZEL, ZE and 25 more. Words With Friends* skips 6 of them: ZINE, ZEN, ZA, MELENA, EMAIL and MANI.
With one more tile, the letters of MELANIZE spell the words below.