257 words come out when you unscramble PATINIZES, starting with PATINIZES itself: 20 in Scrabble, 22 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are PATINIZE and PINTSIZE, 19 points each. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from PATINIZES split into 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 8, 12 with 7, 35 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
PEZANT tops the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble PATINIZES at 17 points; next come AZINES and SEIZIN on 15. PAINTS and PANTIE will look familiar.
PIZES and SPITZ share the top score of 16 among the 5-letter words from PATINIZES. SPENT, PAINT and PANTS are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words from PATINIZES, the top score is 15, reached by 5. SIZE, PAST and PAIN are the familiar ones.
Among the 3-letter words in PATINIZES, ZAP, ZEP and ZIP tie for first at 14 points. ITS, NET and PET are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of PATINIZES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PA · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
PATINIZES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PATINIZES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PATINIZES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 257) | 206 | 256 | 188 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
51 of the 257 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PEZANTS, PEZANT, PIZES, PIZE, STANZE, ZANTES, NAZES, SENZA, ZANTE, ZATIS, NAZE, SITZ and 39 more. 18 of the 257 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ZEPS, SEIZA, TIZES, ZEP, ZINES, ZENS, ZINE, SEZ, TIZ, ZAS, ZEN, ZA and 6 more. 1 of the 257 answers is missing from Scrabble UK: SPAZ.
Each word below uses all the letters of PATINIZES and one more.