Unscramble PAPALIZE and you have 82 words, PAPALIZE itself among them: it scores 21 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from PAPALIZE by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 6, 12 with 5, 27 with 4, 27 with 3 and 13 with 2. None has 7 letters.
PIZE scores highest among the 4-letter words from PAPALIZE at 15 points, ahead of LAZE and ZEAL on 13. PIPE, PALE and PILE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of PAPALIZE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with PA · ending in ZE · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with PLAZA (16 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
PAPALIZE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAPALIZE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 82) | 63 | 82 | 56 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 19 of them: PAPALIZE, PIZE, AIZLE, ZILA, ZEA, ZEL, ZE, LAPPIE, PAPE, PLAP, PILAE, ALAP and 7 more. Words With Friends* skips 7 of them: ZEP, ZA, PIPA, APP, LIPA, LIPE and PALI.
With one more tile, the letters of PAPALIZE spell the words below.