Unscramble NEUTRALIZED and you have 386 words, NEUTRALIZED itself among them: it scores 21 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. It has 11 letters, 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
N12E1U12T1R1A1L12I1Z10E1D2
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from NEUTRALIZED split into 1 with 11 letters, 5 with 10, 12 with 9, 34 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 34 with 2.
ADULTERIZE, DENATURIZE and UNREALIZED are the top 10-letter words made with NEUTRALIZED letters, 20 points each.
REALIZED tops the 8-letter words from NEUTRALIZED at 18 points; next come LATERIZE and LAZURITE on 17. RETAINED, DATELINE and REUNITED will look familiar.
Of the 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble NEUTRALIZED, 4 score 17 points, the group's best. RELATED, LEARNED and REALIZE are the ones most people know.
60 6-letter words made with NEUTRALIZED letters; 8 of them share the top score of 16. DETAIL, DEALER and DENTAL are everyday picks.
9 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble NEUTRALIZED tie at 15 points; none scores more. ADULT, DELTA and AUDIT will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words from NEUTRALIZED, the top score is 14, reached by 4. DATE, DEAL and DIET are the familiar ones.
ADZ and ZED share the top score of 13 among the 3-letter words in NEUTRALIZED. ARE, END and ART are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of NEUTRALIZED but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with NE · ending in ED · all 11-letter words
What NEUTRALIZED means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept NEUTRALIZED, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEUTRALIZED itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 386) | 292 | 386 | 270 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
94 of the 386 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ADULTERIZE, DENATURIZE, UNREALIZE, AZURINE, DRAZEL, DZEREN, TEAZED, ZANIED, DARZI, DAZER, DURZI, ENTREZ and 82 more. 22 of the 386 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DENTALIZE, IZARD, ZEDA, ZINE, REZ, TIZ, ZEN, ZA, UITLANDER, UNALERTED, AUDITEE, LENITED and 10 more.
This word takes every letter of NEUTRALIZED plus a single extra one.