Unscramble URBANIZING to get 188 words. URBANIZING itself is a real word: 22 points on a Scrabble board, 27 in Words With Friends. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
U12R1B34A1N12I1Z10I1N12G23
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from URBANIZING by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 8, 14 with 7, 13 with 6, 31 with 5, 58 with 4, 53 with 3 and 16 with 2. None has 9 letters.
ZIGAN tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble URBANIZING at 15 points; next come AZURN and NAZIR on 14. BRING, URBAN and BRAIN will look familiar.
GRIZ and ZING share the top score of 14 among the 4-letter words in URBANIZING. RING, GAIN and RAIN are the ones most people know.
BIZ tops the 3-letter words made with URBANIZING letters at 14 points; next come ZAG and ZIG on 13. BIG, AIR and RUN will look familiar.
Keep every letter of URBANIZING but one, change that one, and you get:
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URBANIZING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
URBANIZING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| URBANIZING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 188) | 140 | 188 | 127 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
48 of the 188 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BAIZING, ZIGAN, AZURN, NAZIR, RIZA, ZARI, RIZ, UNBARING, INBRING, AIRNING, BAININ, BUNNIA and 36 more. 13 of the 188 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: GRIZ, ZA, BARNING, BRUNG, BING, BUNA, RABI, INRUN, NAIRU, NUG, GI, RAI and 1 more.