Unscramble CHARACTERIZER and you have 352 words, CHARACTERIZER itself among them: it scores 29 in Scrabble and 30 in Words With Friends. The 13 letters split into 5 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from CHARACTERIZER by length: 1 with 13 letters, 1 with 12, 1 with 10, 11 with 9, 20 with 8, 56 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2. None has 11 letters.
CHARACTERIZE is the only one of the 12-letter words in CHARACTERIZER; it scores 28 points.
Just 1 of the 10-letter words made with CHARACTERIZER letters: CATECHIZER, for 26 points.
ARCHAIZE scores highest among the 8-letter words you get when you unscramble CHARACTERIZER at 22 points, ahead of CARRITCH and CATCHIER on 15.
The best of the 7-letter words in CHARACTERIZER is ZAITECH, 21 points; ATHEIZE on 19 and CRAZIER on 18 follow. TEACHER, CARRIER and CHARTER are everyday picks.
HAZIER and ZITHER share the top score of 18 among the 6-letter words made with CHARACTERIZER letters. CREATE, EITHER and RATHER are the ones most people know.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CHARACTERIZER, HAZER and HERTZ tie for first at 17 points. HEART, EARTH and CHAIR are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words from CHARACTERIZER are led by CAZH, CHEZ and CHIZ, 18 points each. HERE, EACH and TECH are the familiar ones.
CAZ tops the 3-letter words in CHARACTERIZER at 14 points; next come REZ and RIZ on 12. ARE, CAR and ART will look familiar.
Keep every letter of CHARACTERIZER but one, change that one, and you get:
More 13-letter words: starting with CH · ending in ER · all 13-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; CHARACTERIZE (28 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
CHARACTERIZER is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHARACTERIZER itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 352) | 262 | 352 | 243 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
90 of the 352 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CHARACTERIZER, CATHARIZE, ZAITECH, ATHEIZE, CHIZ, CEAZE, CETERACH, HICCATEE, CAZ, CHARACT, RECATCH, TEAZE and 78 more. 19 of the 352 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ARCHAIZER, CAZH, CHERRIER, CHICA, REZ, TIZ, ACRATIC, ZA, ARCHI, RETRACER, CATH, CHAI and 7 more.
This word takes every letter of CHARACTERIZER plus a single extra one.