Unscramble OPTIMIZES and you have 221 words, OPTIMIZES itself among them: it scores 22 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are OPTIMIZE and EPIZOISM, 21 points each. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from OPTIMIZES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 6 with 7, 13 with 6, 54 with 5, 60 with 4, 59 with 3 and 25 with 2.
Among 54 5-letter words from OPTIMIZES, the top score is 16, reached by 5. ITEMS, TIMES and POEMS are the familiar ones.
4 of 60 4-letter words from OPTIMIZES tie at 15 points; none scores more. MOST, POST and ITEM will look familiar.
Of the 59 3-letter words in OPTIMIZES, 5 score 14 points, the group's best. ITS, TOP and SET are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of OPTIMIZES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with OP · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
What OPTIMIZES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept OPTIMIZES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OPTIMIZES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 221) | 171 | 221 | 151 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: MOZES, PIZES, ZOISM, MOZE, PIZE, TOZIES, MIZ, MOZ, POZ, TOZES, TOZIE, ZOIST and 38 more, 50 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PIEZO, ZEPS, TIZES, ZEP, SEZ, TIZ, MIPS, POSTIE, EMOS, EMO, MES, MOI and 8 more, 20 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of OPTIMIZES and one more.