categorize needs no unscrambling at all — the ten-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 22 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 309 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
categorize is the highest-scoring word from categorize, worth 22 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 309 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in categorize — and it is categorize itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 22 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling categorize produces exactly one eight-letter word: graecize. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 20 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in categorize produces 12 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with cigaret. For points, the strongest play is grecize — worth 19 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling categorize turns up 29 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with cozier, create, erotic, and tragic. For points, the strongest plays are azotic, cozier, and zoecia — each worth 17 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 72 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in categorize. If a familiar word is all you need, start with actor, agree, cater, cigar, grace, great, and greet. For points, the strongest plays are azoic, cozie, craze, and croze — each worth 16 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in categorize produces 94 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with cage, care, cart, coat, core, gate, and geez. For points, the strongest plays are czar and zoic — each worth 15 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling categorize turns up 81 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with act, age, ago, air, are, art, and ate. For points, the strongest play is coz — worth 14 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 19 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in categorize. If a familiar word is all you need, start with at, go, it, or, and to. For points, the strongest play is za — worth 11 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
2 eleven-letter words can be made using all the letters in categorize plus one additional letter.
categorize is in the NWL, the official Scrabble word list for North America, and in the Words With Friends dictionary, so it's playable exactly as it stands and needs no unscrambling.
The 2-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
Dictionaries record one sense for categorize. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 22 points on a Scrabble board:
categorize is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing categorize unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is categorize, worth 22 points in Scrabble, and no other word from categorize earns more points in Scrabble. Words With Friends prices the same letters differently, so the top of the list changes on a Words With Friends board. Both scores count tile values only and exclude premium squares.
The letters in categorize produce 309 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 1 eight-letter word, 12 seven-letter words, 29 six-letter words, 72 five-letter words, 94 four-letter words, 81 three-letter words and 19 two-letter words.