Unscramble STERILIZE to get 200 words. STERILIZE itself is a real word: 18 points on a Scrabble board, 19 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are SELTZER and ZESTIER, 16 points each. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from STERILIZE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 7 with 7, 20 with 6, 57 with 5, 60 with 4, 40 with 3 and 14 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words made with STERILIZE letters: TILERIES, for 8 points.
6 of 20 6-letter words you get when you unscramble STERILIZE tie at 15 points; none scores more. RELIES, LISTER and LITRES will look familiar.
Of the 57 5-letter words from STERILIZE, 6 score 14 points, the group's best. STEEL, TREES and ELITE are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words made with STERILIZE letters; 10 of them share the top score of 13. SITE, LIST and SIZE are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of STERILIZE for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with ST · ending in ZE · all 9-letter words
What STERILIZE means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
STERILIZE works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| STERILIZE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 200) | 159 | 199 | 148 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 40 of them: TREZES, SIZEL, SITZ, TREZ, ZELS, ZITE, RIZ, ZEL, ZE, TILERIES, RILIEST, EISEL and 28 more. Words With Friends* skips 11 of them: REZES, TIZES, REZ, SEZ, TIZ, LITES, RESIT, TERES, EST, TES and TE. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: ITER.
With one more tile, the letters of STERILIZE spell the words below.