Unscramble OPALIZED and you have 208 words, OPALIZED itself among them: it scores 20 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 17: 4 of them, DIAZOLE, EPIZOA and PIZED included. The 8 letters split into 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from OPALIZED by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 18 with 6, 40 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2.
PIZED tops the 5-letter words from OPALIZED at 17 points; next come PIEZO on 16 and ADOZE on 15. IDEAL, PEDAL and PLAID will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble OPALIZED, PIZE leads with 15 points, then ADZE and DAZE on 14. LEAD, IDEA and DEAL are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 3-letter words made with OPALIZED letters, 4 score 14 points, the group's best. OLD, OIL and ZIP are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of OPALIZED but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with OP · ending in ED · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by DIAZOLE, EPIZOA and ZIPOLA (17 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: OPALIZED 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OPALIZED itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 208) | 157 | 208 | 137 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 51 of them: OPALIZED, PIZED, LAZOED, PIZE, AIZLE, POZ, DZO, LAZO, ZILA, ZEA, ZEL, ZOL and 39 more. Words With Friends* skips 20 of them: ZIPOLA, OZALID, PIEZO, ZEDA, ZEP, ZA, LIPOED, PALEO, PEDI, DEP, LIPA, LIPE and 8 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of OPALIZED and one more.