paralyzes needs no unscrambling at all — the nine-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 23 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 281 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
paralyzes is the highest-scoring word from paralyzes, worth 23 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 281 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one nine-letter word uses the letters in paralyzes — and it is paralyzes itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 23 points in Scrabble.
There are 2 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in paralyzes. No common everyday answer stands out among these eight-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring word is paralyze, worth 22 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in paralyzes produces 8 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with players. For points, the strongest plays are apyrase, parlays, parleys, parsley, players, replays, and sparely — each worth 12 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling paralyzes turns up 23 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with layers, player, and salary. For points, the strongest play is sleazy — worth 18 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 76 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in paralyzes. If a familiar word is all you need, start with areas, early, laser, layer, leaps, plays, and prays. For points, the strongest play is plaza — 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 paralyzes produces 91 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with apes, area, ears, easy, eras, laps, and lays. For points, the strongest play is lazy — worth 16 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling paralyzes turns up 64 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ape, are, aye, ear, era, lap, and lay. For points, the strongest play is yez — worth 15 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 16 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in paralyzes. If a familiar word is all you need, start with as and ay. 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.
1 ten-letter word can be made using all the letters in paralyzes plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in paralyzes and you get a different nine-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 8 of the 9 letters, not all of them.
paralyzes 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 1-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
Dictionaries record two senses for paralyzes. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 23 points on a Scrabble board:
paralyzes is the only nine-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing paralyzes unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is paralyzes, worth 23 points in Scrabble, and no other word from paralyzes 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 paralyzes produce 281 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 nine-letter word, 2 eight-letter words, 8 seven-letter words, 23 six-letter words, 76 five-letter words, 91 four-letter words, 64 three-letter words and 16 two-letter words.