Unscramble STERILISE and you have 233 words, STERILISE itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. 4 shorter words score 8, among them TIRELESS, LEISTERS and RITELESS. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from STERILISE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 16 with 7, 44 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 35 with 3 and 13 with 2.
Every one of the 44 6-letter words from STERILISE scores 6. SERIES, SISTER and LESSER are everyday picks.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble STERILISE come to 60, each scoring 5 points. SITES, LISTS and STEEL are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble STERILISE score 4 points. SITE, LIST and LESS are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of STERILISE, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with ST · ending in SE · all 9-letter words
STERILISE first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
STERILISE is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| STERILISE itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 233) | 185 | 232 | 175 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 47 of them: RITELESS, TILERIES, RILIEST, SEITIES, EISELS, ESILES, REISES, REISTS, SESELI, SILERS, SLEEST, STEILS and 35 more. Words With Friends* skips 10 of them: STERILISE, RESITS, LITES, RESES, RESIT, ESSE, ESTS, EST, TES and TE. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: ITER.
Each word below uses all the letters of STERILISE and one more.