403 words come out when you unscramble OPTIMALISES, starting with OPTIMALISES itself: 15 in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends. OPTIMALISE and SEMIPOSTAL are the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. 11 letters: 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from OPTIMALISES by length: 1 with 11 letters, 2 with 10, 10 with 9, 53 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 37 with 2.
Every one of the 2 10-letter words in OPTIMALISES scores 14.
25 of 53 8-letter words from OPTIMALISES tie at 12 points; none scores more. SIMPLEST, APOSTLES and ISOLATES will look familiar.
Of the 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble OPTIMALISES, 33 score 11 points, the group's best. SAMPLES, OPTIMAL and IMPLIES are the ones most people know.
Among 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble OPTIMALISES, the top score is 10, reached by 28. SIMPLE, SAMPLE and ALMOST are the familiar ones.
33 of 60 5-letter words from OPTIMALISES tie at 9 points; none scores more. EMAIL, ITEMS and LIMIT will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words in OPTIMALISES, 23 score 8 points, the group's best. ITEM, MAPS and PALM are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words made with OPTIMALISES letters; 6 of them share the top score of 7. MAP, PET and MET are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of OPTIMALISES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 11-letter words: starting with OP · ending in ES · all 11-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; LIMPSIEST, MILEPOSTS, OPTIMISES and POLEMISTS (13 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts OPTIMALISES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OPTIMALISES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 403) | 315 | 403 | 289 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: OPTIMALISES, OPTIMALISE, PETALISMS, SIMPLISTE, IMPLATES, LIMEPITS, LIPEMIAS, PALMIETS, PESSIMAL, PETALISM, STOMPIES, TIMEPASS and 76 more, 88 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SEPTIMAL, MAPLESS, PALSIEST, SMILIEST, SPILITES, SPAMS, EMAILS, METOLS, MIPS, SPAM, EMAIL, APOS and 14 more, 26 in all.
This word takes every letter of OPTIMALISES plus a single extra one.