Unscramble OPTIMALISE and you have 348 words, OPTIMALISE itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Among the shorter answers, 12 reach 12 points, OPTIMISE, MILEPOST and IMPOLITE among them. It has 10 letters, 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from OPTIMALISE split into 1 with 10 letters, 16 with 8, 54 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 37 with 2. None has 9 letters.
Of the 54 7-letter words made with OPTIMALISE letters, 21 score 11 points, the group's best. OPTIMAL, IMPLIES and ISOLATE are the ones most people know.
21 of 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble OPTIMALISE tie at 10 points; none scores more. SIMPLE, SAMPLE and ALMOST will look familiar.
60 5-letter words from OPTIMALISE; 28 of them share the top score of 9. EMAIL, ITEMS and LIMIT are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words from OPTIMALISE, the top score is 8, reached by 23. ITEM, MAPS and PALM are the familiar ones.
6 of 60 3-letter words in OPTIMALISE tie at 7 points; none scores more. MAP, PET and MET will look familiar.
Keep every letter of OPTIMALISE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with OP · ending in SE · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; EPISOMAL, IMPOLITE, MILEPOST, OPTIMISE, PALMIEST, POLEMIST and SEPTIMAL (12 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts OPTIMALISE, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OPTIMALISE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 348) | 276 | 348 | 251 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: OPTIMALISE, IMPLATES, LIMEPITS, LIPEMIAS, PALMIETS, PETALISM, IMPLATE, LIMEPIT, LIPEMIA, MATIPOS, PALMIES, PALMIET and 60 more, 72 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SEPTIMAL, SPILITE, EMAILS, METOLS, MIPS, PALEOS, SPAM, EMAIL, LIPAS, LIPOS, APOS, EMOS and 13 more, 25 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of OPTIMALISE and one more.