Unscramble CAUTERISMS to get 368 words. CAUTERISMS itself is a real word: 14 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. CAUTERISMS has 1 anagram here, CERASTIUMS, scoring 14 like CAUTERISMS itself. Among the shorter answers, 6 reach 13 points, AUTECISMS, CAUTERISM and CERAMISTS among them. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from CAUTERISMS split into 2 with 10 letters, 8 with 9, 31 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2.
CAUTERISMS and 1 anagram, CERASTIUMS, make up the 10-letter words made with CAUTERISMS letters; each scores 14 points.
11 of 31 8-letter words from CAUTERISMS tie at 12 points; none scores more. MATRICES and SUITCASE will look familiar.
Of the 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble CAUTERISMS, 29 score 11 points, the group's best. CRUISES, METRICS and SCREAMS are the ones most people know.
38 of 60 6-letter words from CAUTERISMS tie at 10 points; none scores more. ASSUME, CRIMES and METRIC will look familiar.
Among 60 5-letter words in CAUTERISMS, the top score is 9, reached by 32. MUSIC, CASES and CRIME are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with CAUTERISMS letters, 19 score 8 points, the group's best. CASE, CARE and CART are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble CAUTERISMS; 4 of them share the top score of 7. ARE, CAR and AIR are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of CAUTERISMS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with CA · ending in MS · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with AUTECISMS, CERAMISTS, MISTRACES and SCIMETARS (13 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts CAUTERISMS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAUTERISMS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 368) | 293 | 368 | 264 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
75 of the 368 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CAUTERISMS, CERASTIUMS, CAUTERISM, CERASTIUM, CRETISMS, ETACISMS, ACMITES, CAMUSES, CRETISM, ETACISM, MATRICE, MERCATS and 63 more. 29 of the 368 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SCAMSTER, MATRICS, METICAS, MATRIC, MAUSIEST, METICA, SAUCIERS, ATRESIC, CAMIS, CUEISTS, EMICS, MERCS and 17 more.
These 4 words take every letter of CAUTERISMS plus a single extra one.