97 words come out when you unscramble VIRILIZED, starting with VIRILIZED itself: 22 in Scrabble, 24 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, VIRILIZE leads with 20 points. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from VIRILIZED split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 3 with 7, 5 with 6, 19 with 5, 36 with 4, 23 with 3 and 9 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words made with VIRILIZED letters: VIRILIZE, for 20 points.
Among 36 4-letter words made with VIRILIZED letters, the top score is 8, reached by 9. LIVE, RIDE and EVIL are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of VIRILIZED but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with VI · ending in ED · all 9-letter words
VIRILIZED first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
VIRILIZED is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| VIRILIZED itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 97) | 75 | 97 | 69 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 22 of them: VIZIED, IRIDIZE, VEZIR, RIZ, ZEL, LIVIDER, ZE, VILDE, VIRED, DERV, DIVI, RIVEL and 10 more. Words With Friends* skips 6 of them: VIRILIZED, VIRILIZE, REZ, DEVI, VID and VLEI.