Unscramble SENSATIONALIZE and you have 468 words, SENSATIONALIZE itself among them: it scores 23 in Scrabble and 26 in Words With Friends. The 14 letters split into 7 vowels and 7 consonants.
S1E1N12S1A1T1I1O1N12A1L12I1Z10E1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from SENSATIONALIZE by length: 1 with 14 letters, 2 with 12, 7 with 11, 17 with 10, 44 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 37 with 2. None has 13 letters.
The best of the 12-letter words made with SENSATIONALIZE letters is NATIONALIZES, 21 points; NATIONALISES on 12 follows.
NATIONALIZE scores highest among the 11-letter words in SENSATIONALIZE at 20 points, ahead of ALIENATIONS and ALINEATIONS on 11. SENSATIONAL is the one most people know.
The best of the 10-letter words from SENSATIONALIZE is SONNETIZES, 19 points; ALIENATION and ALINEATION on 10 follow.
Of the 44 9-letter words you get when you unscramble SENSATIONALIZE, 9 score 18 points, the group's best. ESSENTIAL, NATIONALS and SENSATION are the ones most people know.
17 of 60 8-letter words in SENSATIONALIZE tie at 17 points; none scores more. ISOLATES will look familiar.
Of the 60 7-letter words made with SENSATIONALIZE letters, 34 score 16 points, the group's best. EASIEST, ALIASES and ATLASES are the ones most people know.
60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SENSATIONALIZE; 49 of them share the top score of 15. ALIENS, STANZA and AISLES are everyday picks.
46 of 60 5-letter words from SENSATIONALIZE tie at 14 points; none scores more. SIZES, ALIEN and ZONES will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words in SENSATIONALIZE, 28 score 13 points, the group's best. ALSO, SIZE and ANTI are the ones most people know.
Among 60 3-letter words made with SENSATIONALIZE letters, the top score is 12, reached by 15. ITS, INN and ASS are the familiar ones.
These 6 words have the length of SENSATIONALIZE, with one letter different:
More 14-letter words: starting with SE · ending in ZE · all 14-letter words
SENSATIONALIZE first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SENSATIONALIZE works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SENSATIONALIZE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 468) | 328 | 468 | 298 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ANNALIZES, ASSOILZIE, ANNALIZE, STANZOES, TAILZIES, ZEALANTS, ALTEZAS, ANZIANI, AZIONES, ENZIANS, ENZONES, OZAENAS and 128 more, 140 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SONNETIZES, SONNETIZE, ANSATZES, NETIZENS, NETIZEN, SIZEIST, SLEAZOS, ANSATZ, SEIZAS, SEIZA, TIZES, ZINES and 18 more, 30 in all.
These 2 words take every letter of SENSATIONALIZE plus a single extra one.