Unscramble OPTIMALISING to get 422 words. OPTIMALISING itself is a real word: 17 points on a Scrabble board, 22 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, OPTIMISING and POSTLIMINIA lead with 15 points. It has 12 letters, 5 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from OPTIMALISING by length: 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 11, 2 with 10, 23 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 35 with 2.
POSTLIMINIA is the only one of the 11-letter words made with OPTIMALISING letters; it scores 15 points.
OPTIMISING tops the 10-letter words in OPTIMALISING at 15 points; next comes SPOLIATING on 13.
Among 23 9-letter words from OPTIMALISING, the top score is 14, reached by 4. ISOLATING is the familiar one.
10 of 60 8-letter words you get when you unscramble OPTIMALISING tie at 13 points; none scores more. SAMPLING, LIMITING and IMPLANTS will look familiar.
Of the 60 7-letter words from OPTIMALISING, 6 score 12 points, the group's best. MAILING, OPTIMAL and IMPLANT are the ones most people know.
60 6-letter words in OPTIMALISING; 7 of them share the top score of 11. POSING, MATING and AIMING are everyday picks.
4 of 60 5-letter words made with OPTIMALISING letters tie at 10 points; none scores more. SIGMA, LAMPS and STAMP will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble OPTIMALISING, GAMP and GIMP tie for first at 9 points. MAPS, PALM and ATOM are everyday picks.
Of the 60 3-letter words from OPTIMALISING, 6 score 7 points, the group's best. MAP, MAN and AIM are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of OPTIMALISING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with OP · ending in NG · all 12-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; OPTIMISING (15 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
OPTIMALISING is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OPTIMALISING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 422) | 332 | 422 | 308 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
90 of the 422 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: OPTIMALISING, POSTLIMINIA, IMPLATING, PANLOGISM, LAMPINGS, LIMPINGS, SIMPLING, IMAGINIST, LIMITINGS, PILOTMAN, POSTILING, SIGMATION and 78 more. 24 of the 422 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PLATONISM, TAMPINGS, AMPING, GLAMPS, MALTINGS, AGONISM, GLAMP, LIPOING, MILINGS, MILING, PONGAL, GLAMS and 12 more.
This word takes every letter of OPTIMALISING plus a single extra one.