POLARIZES

9 letters, 20 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What POLARIZES Means

POLARIZES is a form of POLARIZE, which means:

verb: cause to vibrate in a definite pattern“polarize light waves”
verb: cause to concentrate about two conflicting or contrasting positions

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

POLARIZES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 20 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 O1 L1 A1 R1 I1 Z10 E1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In POLARIZES

568 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

8 letter words (4)

PELORIAS POLARISE POLARIZE SOLARIZE

7 letter words (9)

LEIPOAS PALSIER PARLIES PAROLES PELORIA REPOSAL SLOPIER SOAPIER SPOILER

6 letter words (70)

5 letter words (175)

AEROS AESIR AISLE AIZLE ALOES APERS APIOL APRES ARIEL ARILS ARISE ARLES AROSE ASPER ASPRO AZOLE EARLS ELOPS EORLS EPRIS IZARS LAERS LAIRS LAPIS LAPSE LARES LARIS LASER LAZES LAZOS LEAPS LEARS LEIRS LEPRA LERPS LIARS LIERS LIPAS LIPOS LIRAS LOIPE LOIRS LOPER LOPES LORES LORIS LOSER OILER OLPAE OLPES OPALS OPERA ORALS ORIEL ORLES OSIER PAILS PAIRE PAIRS PAISE PALER PALES PAOLI PAREO PARES PARIS PARLE PAROL PARSE PASEO PEALS PEARL PEARS PELAS PERAI PERIL PERIS PIERS PIEZO PILAO PILAR PILEA PILER PILES PIRLS PIZES PLEAS PLIER PLIES POISE POLAR POLER POLES POLIS PORAE PORAL PORES POSER PRAOS PRASE PRESA PRIAL PRIES PRISE PRIZE PROAS PROLE PROSE PSOAE PSOAI PSORA RAILE RAILS RAISE RALES RAZES REALO REALS REAPS REOIL REPLA REPOS RIALS RIELS RILES RIPES RIZAS ROILS ROLES ROPES SALEP SALOP SAPOR SEPAL SEPIA SERAI SERAL SILER SIZAR SIZEL SIZER SLIER SLIPE SLOPE SOARE SOLAR SOLEI SOLER SOPRA SORAL SOREL SPAER SPAIL SPALE SPARE SPEAL SPEAR SPEIL SPEIR SPIAL SPIEL SPIER SPILE SPIRE SPOIL SPORE ZAIRE ZARIS ZEALS ZEROS ZILAS ZOEAL ZOEAS ZORIL ZORIS

4 letter words (179)

3 letter words (103)

AIL AIR AIS ALE ALP ALS APE APO ARE ARS ASP AZO EAR EAS ELS ERA ERS IOS IRE ISO LAP LAR LAS LEA LEI LEP LES LEZ LIE LIP LIS LOP LOR LOS OAR OES OIL OIS OLE OPE OPS ORA ORE ORS OSE PAL PAR PAS PEA PEL PER PES PIA PIE PIR PIS POA POI POL POS POZ PRE PRO PSI RAI RAP RAS REI REO REP RES REZ RIA RIP RIZ ROE SAE SAI SAL SAP SAR SAZ SEA SEI SEL SER SEZ SIP SIR SOL SOP SOZ SPA SRI ZAP ZAS ZEA ZEL ZEP ZIP ZOA ZOL ZOS

2 letter words (28)

AE AI AL AR AS EA EL ER ES IO IS LA LI LO OE OI OP OR OS PA PE PI PO RE SI SO ZA ZO

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