225 words come out when you unscramble CATHARIZE, starting with CATHARIZE itself: 23 in Scrabble, 23 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is ARCHAIZE, 22 points. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from CATHARIZE split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 6 with 7, 15 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
The 5-letter words from CATHARIZE are led by HAZER and HERTZ, 17 points each. HEART, EARTH and CHAIR are the familiar ones.
CAZH, CHEZ and CHIZ share the top score of 18 among the 4-letter words from CATHARIZE. EACH, CARE and CART are the ones most people know.
CAZ tops the 3-letter words in CATHARIZE at 14 points; next come REZ and RIZ on 12. ARE, CAR and ART will look familiar.
Trade one tile of CATHARIZE for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with CA · ending in ZE · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ARCHAIZE (22 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: CATHARIZE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CATHARIZE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 225) | 174 | 225 | 158 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 51 of them: CATHARIZE, ZAITECH, CHIZ, CAZ, RIZA, TREZ, ZARI, ZATI, ZITE, ARCHAEI, RIZ, ZEA and 39 more. Words With Friends* skips 16 of them: CAZH, REZ, TIZ, ZA, ARCHI, CATH, CHAI, ECHT, TECH, RECIT, ACAI, AHI and 4 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of CATHARIZE and one more.