Unscramble SPRITZED and you have 223 words, SPRITZED itself among them: it scores 20 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. PRIZED is the best of the shorter words, at 18 points. It has 8 letters, 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from SPRITZED split into 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 29 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 54 with 3 and 17 with 2.
PRIZED tops the 6-letter words made with SPRITZED letters at 18 points; next come PRIZES and SPRITZ on 17. SPIDER, PRIEST and STRIPE will look familiar.
Among the 5-letter words from SPRITZED, PIZED leads with 17 points, then PIZES and PRIZE on 16. STRIP, TRIPS and PRIDE are the familiar ones.
4 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SPRITZED tie at 15 points; none scores more. SIZE, SIDE and TIPS will look familiar.
ZEP and ZIP share the top score of 14 among the 3-letter words in SPRITZED. ITS, SET and RED are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of SPRITZED but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with SP · ending in ED · all 8-letter words
SPRITZED first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SPRITZED, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPRITZED itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 223) | 183 | 223 | 166 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 40 of them: PIZED, PIZES, PIZE, SITZ, TREZ, ZITE, RIZ, ZE, PISTED, RISPED, PIERST, PIERTS and 28 more. Words With Friends* skips 17 of them: ZEPS, TIZES, ZEP, REZ, SEZ, TIZ, PEDIS, SITREP, DEPS, PEDI, DEP, DESI and 5 more.