Unscramble SAZ and you have 4 words, SAZ itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of SAZ is on the page: ZAS, each 12 points. The strongest shorter word is ZA, 11 points. The 3 letters split into 1 vowel and 2 consonants.
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Counting the words from SAZ by length: 2 with 3 letters and 2 with 2.
Keep every letter of SAZ but one, change that one, and you get:
More 3-letter words: starting with S · ending in Z · all 3-letter words
Here is what the 3 strongest answers mean; ZAS (12 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: SAZ is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAZ itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 4) | 3 | 4 | 1 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Words With Friends*: ZAS and ZA, 2 in all. Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SAZ.
These 3 words take every letter of SAZ plus a single extra one.