Unscramble OPTIMIZATIONS and you have 349 words, OPTIMIZATIONS itself among them: it scores 26 in Scrabble and 29 in Words With Friends. 13 letters: 6 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from OPTIMIZATIONS by length: 1 with 13 letters, 2 with 12, 2 with 10, 4 with 9, 21 with 8, 48 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 31 with 2. None has 11 letters.
Among the 12-letter words made with OPTIMIZATIONS letters, OPTIMIZATION leads with 25 points, then OPTIMISATION on 16.
IMPOSITION tops the 10-letter words in OPTIMIZATIONS at 14 points; next comes IMITATIONS on 12.
MATZOONS tops the 8-letter words from OPTIMIZATIONS at 19 points; next come IMPAINTS and MAINTOPS on 12. POSITION and OPTIMIST will look familiar.
The best of the 7-letter words from OPTIMIZATIONS is ZAMPONI, 20 points; MATZOON on 18 and IMPAINT on 11 follow. OPTIONS, STATION and MOTIONS are everyday picks.
4 of 60 6-letter words in OPTIMIZATIONS tie at 17 points; none scores more. POINTS, OPTION and MOTION will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words made with OPTIMIZATIONS letters, 8 score 16 points, the group's best. STAMP, MASON and AMINO are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble OPTIMIZATIONS; 5 of them share the top score of 15. MAIN, MAPS and MINI are everyday picks.
Of the 60 3-letter words from OPTIMIZATIONS, 5 score 14 points, the group's best. MAP, MAN and ZIP are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of OPTIMIZATIONS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 13-letter words: starting with OP · ending in NS · all 13-letter words
OPTIMIZATIONS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. OPTIMIZATIONS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OPTIMIZATIONS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 349) | 271 | 348 | 243 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 78 of them: ZAMPONI, MOTZAS, MOTZA, ZOISM, STANZO, MIZ, MOZ, POZ, ZATIS, ZOIST, SITZ, ZATI and 66 more. Words With Friends* skips 28 of them: ZONA, TIZ, ZAS, ZA, ONOMAST, PATOOTS, POMOS, AMINOS, AMNIOS, MIPS, OSTINATI, PATOOT and 16 more. Scrabble UK skips 1 of them: SPAZ.
Each word below uses all the letters of OPTIMIZATIONS and one more.