365 words come out when you unscramble OPTIMALIZES, starting with OPTIMALIZES itself: 24 in Scrabble, 27 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, OPTIMALIZE leads with 23 points. It has 11 letters, 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from OPTIMALIZES split into 1 with 11 letters, 2 with 10, 2 with 9, 20 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 40 with 2.
The best of the 10-letter words in OPTIMALIZES is OPTIMALIZE, 23 points; OPTIMALISE on 14 follows.
Among the 8-letter words from OPTIMALIZES, EPIZOISM and OPTIMIZE tie for first at 21 points. OPTIMISE is an everyday pick.
Among the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble OPTIMALIZES, APOZEMS leads with 20 points, then ATOMIZE and MAZIEST on 18. OPTIMAL, IMPLIES and APOSTLE are the familiar ones.
APOZEM tops the 6-letter words in OPTIMALIZES at 19 points; next come EPIZOA and MAIZES on 17. SIMPLE, SAMPLE and ALMOST will look familiar.
60 5-letter words made with OPTIMALIZES letters; 13 of them share the top score of 16. POEMS, LAMPS and STAMP are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble OPTIMALIZES, 7 score 15 points, the group's best. SIZE, MAPS and PALM are the ones most people know.
Among 60 3-letter words from OPTIMALIZES, the top score is 14, reached by 6. MAP, ZIP and MET are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of OPTIMALIZES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with OP · ending in ES · all 11-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; OPTIMIZES (22 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
OPTIMALIZES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OPTIMALIZES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 365) | 262 | 364 | 236 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 103 of them: OPTIMALIZES, OPTIMALIZE, APOZEMS, ZEALOTISM, APOZEM, MEZAILS, MILTZES, MEZAIL, MOTZAS, TAILZIES, MILTZ, MOTZA and 91 more. Words With Friends* skips 26 of them: ZIPOLAS, ZIPOLA, PIEZO, ZEPS, SEIZA, TIZES, ZEP, SEPTIMAL, SEZ, TIZ, ZAS, ZA and 14 more. Scrabble UK skips 1 of them: SPAZ.
Each word below uses all the letters of OPTIMALIZES and one more.