421 words come out when you unscramble PARENTHESIZE, starting with PARENTHESIZE itself: 26 in Scrabble, 27 in Words With Friends. It has 12 letters, 5 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from PARENTHESIZE split into 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 11, 4 with 10, 21 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 34 with 2.
There is a single one of the 11-letter words made with PARENTHESIZE letters: ASPHETERIZE, 25 points.
The best of the 10-letter words in PARENTHESIZE is THERAPIZES, 24 points; SERPENTIZE on 21 and ANTIHERPES on 15 follow.
APHETIZES, HEPATIZES and THERAPIZE are the top 9-letter words you get when you unscramble PARENTHESIZE, 23 points each. THERAPIES will look familiar.
Among the 8-letter words from PARENTHESIZE, APHETIZE, HEPATIZE and ZAPTIEHS tie for first at 22 points. PANTHERS, PAINTERS and PERTAINS are everyday picks.
The 7-letter words you get when you unscramble PARENTHESIZE are led by PHEEZES and ZAPTIEH, 21 points each. PANTHER, HEPARIN and SHARPEN are the familiar ones.
Among the 6-letter words from PARENTHESIZE, PHEEZE and PHIZES tie for first at 20 points. PHRASE, PARISH and PRIZES are everyday picks.
Of the 60 5-letter words in PARENTHESIZE, 5 score 17 points, the group's best. PHASE, SHAPE and SHARP are the ones most people know.
PHIZ tops the 4-letter words made with PARENTHESIZE letters at 18 points; next come HAZE on 16 and PIZE on 15. SIZE, SHIP and HAIR will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble PARENTHESIZE, ZAP, ZEP and ZIP tie for first at 14 points. HAS, HIT and HIP are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of PARENTHESIZE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with PA · ending in ZE · all 12-letter words
The meaning of PARENTHESIZE, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PARENTHESIZE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PARENTHESIZE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 421) | 300 | 420 | 269 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
121 of the 421 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ASPHETERIZE, APHETIZES, APHETIZE, PHEEZES, SERPENTIZE, ATHEIZES, PHEEZE, ATHEIZE, HEEZIES, HEEZIE, HIZENS, PEZANTS and 109 more. 31 of the 421 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: THERAPIZES, THERAPIZE, SHIRAZ, ZEPS, REZES, SEIZA, THERAPISE, TIZES, ZEP, ZINES, ZENS, ZINE and 19 more. 1 of the 421 answers is missing from Scrabble UK: SPAZ.
With one more tile, the letters of PARENTHESIZE spell the words below.