Unscramble CATECHISTIC to get 288 words. CATECHISTIC itself is a real word: 20 points on a Scrabble board, 22 in Words With Friends. 11 letters: 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
C34A1T1E1C34H43I1S1T1I1C34
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from CATECHISTIC by length: 1 with 11 letters, 4 with 9, 12 with 8, 26 with 7, 44 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2. None has 10 letters.
6 of 26 7-letter words you get when you unscramble CATECHISTIC tie at 14 points; none scores more. TACTICS, CATCHES and ATHEIST will look familiar.
Of the 44 6-letter words from CATECHISTIC, 7 score 13 points, the group's best. CITIES, STATIC and CHEATS are the ones most people know.
5 of 60 5-letter words from CATECHISTIC tie at 12 points; none scores more. CATCH, TEACH and CACHE will look familiar.
CHIC scores highest among the 4-letter words in CATECHISTIC at 11 points, ahead of ACHE and CASH on 9. EACH, CASE and TECH are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words made with CATECHISTIC letters; 7 of them share the top score of 8. HAS, ITS and SET are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of CATECHISTIC but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with CA · ending in IC · all 11-letter words
What CATECHISTIC means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
CATECHISTIC works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CATECHISTIC itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 288) | 226 | 288 | 202 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 62 of them: CATCHT, CHACES, CHATTIES, SCATCH, TICHIEST, CAECITIS, CHACE, CHATTIS, ACCITES, CECITIS, CHATTI, SCAITH and 50 more. Words With Friends* skips 24 of them: HECTICS, CHICAS, CHICA, TITCHES, TITCHIE, CATHS, CHAIS, SITCH, TECHS, TITCH, CATH, CHAI and 12 more.