Unscramble TENDERIZE and you have 190 words, TENDERIZE itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 19 points: ETERNIZED. 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.
Counting the words from TENDERIZE by length: 2 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 3 with 7, 33 with 6, 35 with 5, 60 with 4, 41 with 3 and 15 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words in TENDERIZE: ETERNIZE, 17 points.
Among the 6-letter words from TENDERIZE, DZEREN and NEEZED tie for first at 16 points. ENTIRE, TENDER and RENTED are everyday picks.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble TENDERIZE, DIZEN leads with 15 points, then EZINE and NEEZE on 14. ENTER, TRIED and TREND are the familiar ones.
DITZ scores highest among the 4-letter words from TENDERIZE at 14 points, ahead of RITZ and TREZ on 13. NEED, TEEN and EDIT are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of TENDERIZE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with TE · ending in ZE · all 9-letter words
TENDERIZE first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
TENDERIZE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TENDERIZE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 190) | 138 | 189 | 130 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
51 of the 190 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DZEREN, NEEZED, ENTREZ, EZINE, NEEZE, TREZ, ZITE, RIZ, ZE, EIDENT, REEDEN, RENIED and 39 more. 8 of the 190 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ZINE, REZ, TIZ, ZEN, IDENT, DENI, TEIN and TE. 1 of the 190 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.
These 4 words take every letter of TENDERIZE plus a single extra one.