Unscramble PASTEURIZE and you have 315 words, PASTEURIZE itself among them: it scores 21 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, TRAPEZIUS leads with 20 points. The 10 letters split into 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from PASTEURIZE split into 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 6 with 8, 40 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2.
There is a single one of the 9-letter words made with PASTEURIZE letters: TRAPEZIUS, 20 points.
Among the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble PASTEURIZE, PATZERS, SPREAZE and TRAPEZE tie for first at 18 points. PARTIES, PIRATES and REPEATS are everyday picks.
Among 60 6-letter words from PASTEURIZE, the top score is 17, reached by 8. PRAISE, PRIZES and PRIEST are the familiar ones.
60 5-letter words from PASTEURIZE; 6 of them share the top score of 16. PARTS, PRIZE and PAIRS are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words in PASTEURIZE, 8 score 15 points, the group's best. PART, SIZE and PAST are the ones most people know.
The 3-letter words made with PASTEURIZE letters are led by ZAP, ZEP and ZIP, 14 points each. ARE, ART and AIR are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of PASTEURIZE for another and you can spell these 6 words:
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What PASTEURIZE means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PASTEURIZE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PASTEURIZE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 315) | 238 | 314 | 215 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SPREAZE, PEAZES, PEIZES, AZURIES, PEAZE, PEIZE, PIZES, ZUPAS, PIZE, TEAZES, TREZES, ZUPA and 65 more, 77 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: UPSIZE, ZEPS, REZES, SEIZA, TIZES, ZEP, REZ, SEZ, TIZ, ZAS, ZA, EPATERS and 11 more, 23 in all. Not in Scrabble UK: SPAZ.
These 4 words take every letter of PASTEURIZE plus a single extra one.