Unscramble SOLMIZATION and you have 308 words, SOLMIZATION itself among them: it scores 22 in Scrabble and 25 in Words With Friends. The 11 letters split into 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
S1O1L12M34I1Z10A1T1I1O1N12
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from SOLMIZATION by length: 1 with 11 letters, 3 with 9, 9 with 8, 24 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 31 with 2. None has 10 letters.
MATZOON tops the 7-letter words from SOLMIZATION at 18 points; next come AMOTION and ANIMIST on 9. LIAISON, MOTIONS and LOTIONS will look familiar.
Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SOLMIZATION, MATZOS, MOTZAS and NIZAMS tie for first at 17 points. ALMOST, MOTION and LIMITS are everyday picks.
Of the 60 5-letter words from SOLMIZATION, 7 score 16 points, the group's best. LIMIT, MASON and AMINO are the ones most people know.
MOZO and ZOOM are the top 4-letter words in SOLMIZATION, 15 points each. MAIL, MAIN and MINI will look familiar.
MIZ and MOZ share the top score of 14 among the 3-letter words made with SOLMIZATION letters. ITS, MAN and AIM are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of SOLMIZATION but one, change that one, and you get:
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What SOLMIZATION means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SOLMIZATION, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOLMIZATION itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 308) | 230 | 308 | 212 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 78 of them: MOTZAS, MILTZ, MOTZA, ZOISM, STANZO, LAZOS, MIZ, MOZ, ZATIS, ZILAS, ZOIST, LAZO and 66 more. Words With Friends* skips 18 of them: ZONA, TIZ, ZAS, ZA, MONILIA, ONOMAST, AMINOS, AMNIOS, SANTIM, SOMONI, AMNIO, MANIS and 6 more.
This word takes every letter of SOLMIZATION plus a single extra one.