Unscramble STERILIZES and you have 261 words, STERILIZES itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, STERILIZE leads with 18 points. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
S1T1E1R1I1L12I1Z10E1S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from STERILIZES by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 5 with 8, 23 with 7, 54 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 42 with 3 and 14 with 2.
7 of 23 7-letter words from STERILIZES tie at 16 points; none scores more. STERILE and LISTERS will look familiar.
Of the 54 6-letter words you get when you unscramble STERILIZES, 10 score 15 points, the group's best. SERIES, SISTER and LESSER are the ones most people know.
Among 60 5-letter words in STERILIZES, the top score is 14, reached by 8. SITES, LISTS and SIZES are the familiar ones.
10 of 60 4-letter words made with STERILIZES letters tie at 13 points; none scores more. LIST, SIZE and LESS will look familiar.
Among 42 3-letter words you get when you unscramble STERILIZES, the top score is 12, reached by 7. SEE, ITS and SET are the familiar ones.
These 6 words have the length of STERILIZES, with one letter different:
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The meaning of STERILIZES, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. STERILIZES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| STERILIZES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 261) | 209 | 260 | 193 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
51 of the 261 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SIZELS, SIZIST, TREZES, SIZEL, SITZ, TREZ, ZELS, ZITE, RIZ, ZEL, ZE, RITELESS and 39 more. 16 of the 261 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SIZEIST, REZES, TIZES, REZ, SEZ, TIZ, STERILISE, RESITS, LITES, RESES, RESIT, ESSE and 4 more. 1 of the 261 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.
This word takes every letter of STERILIZES plus a single extra one.