Unscramble PENALIZING and you have 252 words, PENALIZING itself among them: it scores 22 in Scrabble and 27 in Words With Friends. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from PENALIZING by length: 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 8, 19 with 7, 41 with 6, 49 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2. None has 9 letters.
PEAZING and PEIZING are the top 7-letter words made with PENALIZING letters, 19 points each. LEANING and LEAPING will look familiar.
PIZING scores highest among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble PENALIZING at 18 points, ahead of AGNIZE and GLAZEN on 16. LINING, PILING and AILING are the ones most people know.
Among the 5-letter words from PENALIZING, GLAZE and ZIGAN tie for first at 15 points. PANEL, ANGEL and PLAIN are everyday picks.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PENALIZING, PIZE leads with 15 points, then GAZE and ZING on 14. PAGE, PLAN and PAIN are the familiar ones.
ZAP, ZEP and ZIP share the top score of 14 among the 3-letter words from PENALIZING. AGE, INN and PIN are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of PENALIZING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with PE · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
What PENALIZING means, then the 5 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PENALIZING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PENALIZING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 252) | 196 | 252 | 181 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
56 of the 252 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PEAZING, PEIZING, PIZING, ZIPLINE, GLAZEN, ZINGEL, ENZIAN, PIZE, ZIGAN, AIZLE, NAZE, ZILA and 44 more. 15 of the 252 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ZEP, ZINE, ZEN, ZA, PANINI, INNAGE, LIGNAN, PIANI, LIPA, LIPE, PALI, GEAN and 3 more.