Unscramble STERILIZATION and you have 459 words, STERILIZATION itself among them: it scores 22 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. STRELITZIA and TOTALIZERS are the best of the shorter words, at 19 points. 13 letters: 6 vowels and 7 consonants.
S1T1E1R1I1L12I1Z10A1T1I1O1N12
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from STERILIZATION by length: 1 with 13 letters, 4 with 11, 11 with 10, 44 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 39 with 2. None has 12 letters.
The 11-letter words in STERILIZATION come to 4, each scoring 11 points.
Among the 10-letter words made with STERILIZATION letters, STRELITZIA and TOTALIZERS tie for first at 19 points. ITERATIONS is an everyday pick.
Among 44 9-letter words you get when you unscramble STERILIZATION, the top score is 18, reached by 9. RELATIONS, SOLITAIRE and ITERATION are the familiar ones.
24 of 60 8-letter words from STERILIZATION tie at 17 points; none scores more. AIRLINES, INITIATE and INITIALS will look familiar.
60 7-letter words in STERILIZATION; 22 of them share the top score of 16. INITIAL, AIRLINE and ENTAILS are everyday picks.
37 of 60 6-letter words made with STERILIZATION letters tie at 15 points; none scores more. ALERTS, ALIENS and ARISEN will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble STERILIZATION, 50 score 14 points, the group's best. ALERT, ALIEN and ZONES are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words from STERILIZATION; 36 of them share the top score of 13. ALSO, SIZE and ANTI are everyday picks.
Of the 60 3-letter words in STERILIZATION, 16 score 12 points, the group's best. ARE, ITS and ART are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of STERILIZATION for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 13-letter words: starting with ST · ending in ON · all 13-letter words
What STERILIZATION means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. STERILIZATION is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| STERILIZATION itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 459) | 338 | 459 | 308 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: STRELITZIA, STRELITZI, LAIRIZES, RIOTIZES, SIRONIZE, STRELITZ, TAILZIES, TRIZONAL, TRIZONES, ZELATORS, AZIONES, LAIRIZE and 109 more, 121 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SANITIZER, SEIZA, TIZES, ZINES, ZONAE, ZENS, ZINE, ZONA, REZ, SEZ, TIZ, ZAS and 18 more, 30 in all.
These 3 words take every letter of STERILIZATION plus a single extra one.