Unscramble CHARACTERIZE to get 336 words. CHARACTERIZE itself is a real word: 28 points on a Scrabble board, 29 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, CATECHIZER leads with 26 points. It has 12 letters, 5 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from CHARACTERIZE split into 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 10, 7 with 9, 15 with 8, 50 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2. None has 11 letters.
Just 1 of the 10-letter words made with CHARACTERIZE letters: CATECHIZER, for 26 points.
The best of the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble CHARACTERIZE is ZAITECH, 21 points; ATHEIZE on 19 and CRAZIER on 18 follow. TEACHER, CHARTER and TERRACE are everyday picks.
HAZIER and ZITHER share the top score of 18 among the 6-letter words in CHARACTERIZE. CREATE, EITHER and RATHER are the ones most people know.
Among the 5-letter words made with CHARACTERIZE letters, HAZER and HERTZ tie for first at 17 points. HEART, EARTH and CHAIR are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words you get when you unscramble CHARACTERIZE are led by CAZH, CHEZ and CHIZ, 18 points each. HERE, EACH and TECH are the familiar ones.
CAZ tops the 3-letter words from CHARACTERIZE at 14 points; next come REZ and RIZ on 12. ARE, CAR and ART will look familiar.
Trade one tile of CHARACTERIZE for another and you can spell this word:
More 12-letter words: starting with CH · ending in ZE · all 12-letter words
What CHARACTERIZE means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. CHARACTERIZE is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHARACTERIZE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 336) | 248 | 336 | 231 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 88 of them: CATHARIZE, ZAITECH, ATHEIZE, CHIZ, CEAZE, CETERACH, HICCATEE, CAZ, CHARACT, RECATCH, TEAZE, CREACH and 76 more. Words With Friends* skips 17 of them: ARCHAIZER, CAZH, CHICA, REZ, TIZ, ACRATIC, ZA, ARCHI, CATH, CHAI, ECHT, TECH and 5 more.
These 3 words take every letter of CHARACTERIZE plus a single extra one.