Unscramble POLARIZES and you have 284 words, POLARIZES itself among them: it scores 20 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from POLARIZES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 10 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 29 with 2.
The 6-letter words from POLARIZES are led by EPIZOA, PRIZES and ZIPOLA, 17 points each. PRAISE, SPIRAL and PEARLS are the familiar ones.
PIEZO, PIZES and PRIZE share the top score of 16 among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble POLARIZES. OPERA, PAIRS and LAPSE are the ones most people know.
6 of 60 4-letter words from POLARIZES tie at 15 points; none scores more. SIZE, ZERO and PAIR will look familiar.
60 3-letter words in POLARIZES; 4 of them share the top score of 14. ARE, AIR and PRO are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of POLARIZES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PO · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
What POLARIZES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept POLARIZES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| POLARIZES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 284) | 216 | 281 | 183 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 68 of them: PIZES, AIZLES, LAZOES, PIZE, AIZLE, LAZOS, POZ, RIZAS, SIZEL, ZARIS, ZILAS, LAZO and 56 more. Words With Friends* skips 31 of them: ZIPOLAS, ZIPOLA, PIEZO, ZEPS, SEIZA, ZEP, REZ, SEZ, ZAS, ZA, PALSIER, ESPOIR and 19 more. Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 2 of them: LARPS and LARP. Scrabble UK skips 1 of them: SPAZ.
This word takes every letter of POLARIZES plus a single extra one.