modernize needs no unscrambling at all — the nine-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 21 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 204 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
modernize is the highest-scoring word from modernize, worth 21 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 204 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one nine-letter word uses the letters in modernize — and it is modernize itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 21 points in Scrabble.
There are 2 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in modernize. No common everyday answer stands out among these eight-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring word is demonize, worth 20 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in modernize produces 6 valid seven-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these seven-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring word is rezoned, worth 17 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling modernize turns up 28 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with modern and remind. For points, the strongest plays are dozier and zeroed — each worth 16 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 32 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in modernize. If a familiar word is all you need, start with demon, diner, dozen, and minor. For points, the strongest play is mizen — 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 modernize produces 67 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with deer, dime, dine, done, dorm, iron, and mind. For points, the strongest play is meze — 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 modernize turns up 48 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with die, end, men, nor, one, red, and rid. For points, the strongest play is zed — worth 13 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 20 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in modernize. If a familiar word is all you need, start with do, id, in, me, no, on, and or. For points, the strongest plays are em, me, mi, mo, and om — each worth 4 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
4 ten-letter words can be made using all the letters in modernize plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in modernize 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.
modernize 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 two senses for modernize. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 21 points on a Scrabble board:
modernize is the only nine-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing modernize unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is modernize, worth 21 points in Scrabble, and no other word from modernize 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 modernize produce 204 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 nine-letter word, 2 eight-letter words, 6 seven-letter words, 28 six-letter words, 32 five-letter words, 67 four-letter words, 48 three-letter words and 20 two-letter words.