Unscramble VIRILIZES and you have 116 words, VIRILIZES itself among them: it scores 21 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, VIRILIZE leads with 20 points. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from VIRILIZES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 3 with 7, 15 with 6, 30 with 5, 35 with 4, 22 with 3 and 8 with 2.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble VIRILIZES, VEZIR and VIZIR tie for first at 17 points. LIVES, LIVER and EVILS are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words from VIRILIZES are led by SIZE and ZELS, 13 points each. LIVE, RISE and EVIL are the familiar ones.
These 6 words have the length of VIRILIZES, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with VI · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
VIRILIZES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
VIRILIZES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| VIRILIZES itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 116) | 90 | 116 | 80 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 26 of them: VEZIRS, VIZIES, VEZIR, SIZEL, ZELS, RIZ, ZEL, ZE, RIVELS, VISIER, VISILE, RIVEL and 14 more. Words With Friends* skips 10 of them: VIRILIZES, VIRILIZE, REZ, SEZ, VIRILISE, LEVIS, VLEIS, LEVS, VLEI and SEV.
This word takes every letter of VIRILIZES plus a single extra one.