416 words come out when you unscramble POLARISATION, starting with POLARISATION itself: 14 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. 4 shorter words score 12, among them ASPIRATION, POSITIONAL and PROLATIONS. The 12 letters split into 6 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from POLARISATION split into 1 with 12 letters, 6 with 10, 21 with 9, 57 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 31 with 2. None has 11 letters.
4 of 6 10-letter words made with POLARISATION letters tie at 12 points; none scores more. ASPIRATION and POSITIONAL will look familiar.
Of the 21 9-letter words in POLARISATION, 15 score 11 points, the group's best. ISOLATION is the one most people know.
Among 57 8-letter words you get when you unscramble POLARISATION, the top score is 10, reached by 42. POSITION, OPTIONAL and PORTIONS are the familiar ones.
Every one of the 60 7-letter words from POLARISATION scores 9. OPTIONS, PORTION and PARTIAL are everyday picks.
The 6-letter words from POLARISATION come to 60, each scoring 8 points. POINTS, OPTION and PLANTS are the familiar ones.
Every one of the 60 5-letter words in POLARISATION scores 7. PARTS, PAINT and PILOT are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words made with POLARISATION letters come to 60, each scoring 6 points. PART, PLAN and PAST are the familiar ones.
41 of 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble POLARISATION tie at 5 points; none scores more. TOP, ART and AIR will look familiar.
Keep every letter of POLARISATION but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with PO · ending in ON · all 12-letter words
What POLARISATION means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept POLARISATION, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| POLARISATION itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 416) | 337 | 414 | 297 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PROLATIONS, PIANOLIST, PORTOLANI, PROLATION, SPIRATION, TOPIARIAN, APOSITIA, ATROPIAS, PAIRIALS, PATRIALS, PRONOTAL, SALOPIAN and 67 more, 79 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: POLARISATION, ANTIPOLAR, NOPALITOS, PASTORALI, PORTOLANS, NOPALITO, PIANOLAS, PORTOLAN, SPARTINA, APORIAS, PIANOLA, RAPINIS and 26 more, 38 in all. Not in Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: LARPS and LARP, 2 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of POLARISATION spell the words below.