Unscramble ZAIBATSU and you have 115 words, ZAIBATSU itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, BAIZAS leads with 17 points. The 8 letters split into 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from ZAIBATSU by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 6, 19 with 5, 38 with 4, 39 with 3 and 16 with 2. None has 7 letters.
SITZ, ZATI and ZITS are the top 4-letter words from ZAIBATSU, 13 points each. BITS, SUIT and TABS will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble ZAIBATSU, BIZ leads with 14 points, then SAZ and TIZ on 12. BUT, ITS and BIT are the familiar ones.
What ZAIBATSU means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ZAIBATSU, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZAIBATSU itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 115) | 81 | 115 | 77 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 34 of them: ZATIS, SITZ, ZATI, SAZ, ABSIT, BAISA, BASTA, BASTI, BUATS, BUIST, BUSTI, SAUBA and 22 more. Words With Friends* skips 4 of them: TIZ, ZAS, ZA and ATS.
Each word below uses all the letters of ZAIBATSU and one more.