Unscramble SOLARIZED and you have 300 words, SOLARIZED itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are DIAZOLES and SLEAZOID, 18 points each. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from SOLARIZED by length: 1 with 9 letters, 6 with 8, 21 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 32 with 2.
Of the 21 7-letter words in SOLARIZED, 6 score 17 points, the group's best. SOLDIER, LIZARDS and LOADERS are the ones most people know.
14 of 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SOLARIZED tie at 16 points; none scores more. LADIES, RAISED and RADIOS will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words from SOLARIZED, 16 score 15 points, the group's best. DEALS, SIZED and ASIDE are the ones most people know.
6 of 60 4-letter words made with SOLARIZED letters tie at 14 points; none scores more. DOES, SIZE and DEAL will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble SOLARIZED, ADZ, DZO and ZED tie for first at 13 points. ARE, OLD and AIR are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of SOLARIZED but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with SO · ending in ED · all 9-letter words
What SOLARIZED means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SOLARIZED, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOLARIZED itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 300) | 222 | 300 | 200 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
78 of the 300 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DIAZOES, DORIZES, DRAZELS, DARZIS, DAZERS, DORIZE, DRAZEL, LAZOED, ZERDAS, AIZLES, DARZI, DAZER and 66 more. 22 of the 300 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SLEAZOID, OZALIDS, DIAZOS, IZARDS, OZALID, IZARD, ZEDAS, SEIZA, ZEDA, REZ, SEZ, ZAS and 10 more.
With one more tile, the letters of SOLARIZED spell the words below.