Unscramble CATEGORISTS and you have 394 words, CATEGORISTS itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. CATEGORIST, GEOSTATICS and STRATEGICS are the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. It has 11 letters, 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from CATEGORISTS split into 1 with 11 letters, 3 with 10, 10 with 9, 53 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2.
The 10-letter words in CATEGORISTS come to 3, each scoring 13 points.
Of the 53 8-letter words you get when you unscramble CATEGORISTS, 10 score 11 points, the group's best. COTTAGES, COASTERS and TOASTERS are the ones most people know.
60 7-letter words from CATEGORISTS; 11 of them share the top score of 10. SECTORS, COTTAGE and ESCORTS are everyday picks.
Among 60 6-letter words from CATEGORISTS, the top score is 9, reached by 17. ACROSS, ACTORS and TRAGIC are the familiar ones.
17 of 60 5-letter words in CATEGORISTS tie at 8 points; none scores more. CASES, COAST and COSTA will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with CATEGORISTS letters, 8 score 7 points, the group's best. CASE, CARE and COST are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble CATEGORISTS, CAG, CIG and COG tie for first at 6 points. GET, CAR and AIR are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of CATEGORISTS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with CA · ending in TS · all 11-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by COGITATES, COTTAGERS, ESCARGOTS and STRATEGIC (12 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: CATEGORISTS is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CATEGORISTS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 394) | 309 | 394 | 280 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
85 of the 394 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CATEGORISTS, CATEGORIST, GEOSTATICS, STRATEGICS, COTTAGIER, GEOSTATIC, CASTORIES, OSCITATES, SECTATORS, CORSITES, COTTISES, OSCITATE and 73 more. 29 of the 394 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: EROTICAS, ATRESIC, ATRETIC, GOATIEST, ORACIES, ORGIASTS, RECOATS, ROSACES, ACROS, CERTS, CIGS, ACRO and 17 more.