Unscramble SERIALIZE and you have 224 words, SERIALIZE itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, REALIZES, LAIRIZES and SLEAZIER lead with 17 points. 9 letters: 5 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from SERIALIZE split into 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 6 with 7, 30 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 47 with 3 and 17 with 2.
10 of 30 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SERIALIZE tie at 15 points; none scores more. EASIER, SERIAL and RELIES will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words from SERIALIZE, 18 score 14 points, the group's best. LASER, RAISE and LEASE are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words from SERIALIZE; 11 of them share the top score of 13. REAL, SIZE and RAIL are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of SERIALIZE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with SE · ending in ZE · all 9-letter words
The meaning of SERIALIZE, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
SERIALIZE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SERIALIZE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 224) | 171 | 224 | 159 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
53 of the 224 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LAIRIZES, LAIRIZE, AIZLES, LEAZES, AIZLE, LEAZE, RIZAS, SEAZE, SIZEL, ZARIS, ZILAS, RIZA and 41 more. 12 of the 224 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: REZES, SEIZA, REZ, SEZ, ZAS, ZA, EASER, REAIS, ARIE, LIAS, RAIS and RAI.
These 5 words take every letter of SERIALIZE plus a single extra one.