346 words come out when you unscramble CATEGORIES, starting with CATEGORIES itself: 13 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 13 points: CATEGORISE. It has 10 letters, 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from CATEGORIES by length: 2 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 14 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 28 with 2.
CATEGORIES and 1 anagram, CATEGORISE, make up the 10-letter words in CATEGORIES; each scores 13 points.
Of the 60 7-letter words from CATEGORIES, 14 score 10 points, the group's best. CREATES, EROTICA and COASTER are the ones most people know.
19 of 60 6-letter words made with CATEGORIES letters tie at 9 points; none scores more. CREATE, EROTIC and ACTORS will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CATEGORIES, 17 score 8 points, the group's best. COAST, COSTA and GRACE are the ones most people know.
8 of 60 4-letter words from CATEGORIES tie at 7 points; none scores more. CASE, CARE and COST will look familiar.
CAG, CIG and COG share the top score of 6 among the 3-letter words in CATEGORIES. GET, CAR and GOT are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of CATEGORIES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with CA · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
What CATEGORIES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
CATEGORIES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CATEGORIES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 346) | 269 | 346 | 239 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 77 of them: ESCORTAGE, GRAECISE, CIERGES, CREASOTE, GRECISE, GRIECES, CAGOTS, CARIOSE, CERGES, CIERGE, COGIES, CORSITE and 65 more. Words With Friends* skips 30 of them: ECOTAGES, ECOTAGE, EROTICAS, ATRESIC, ORACIES, RECOATS, GOATIER, OCREAS, ORGIAST, ACROS, CERTS, CIGS and 18 more.
These 5 words take every letter of CATEGORIES plus a single extra one.