Unscramble CHARACTERIZES to get 435 words. CHARACTERIZES itself is a real word: 29 points on a Scrabble board, 30 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, CHARACTERIZE leads with 28 points. 13 letters: 5 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from CHARACTERIZES split into 1 with 13 letters, 3 with 12, 2 with 11, 11 with 10, 30 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 28 with 2.
Among the 12-letter words made with CHARACTERIZES letters, CHARACTERIZE leads with 28 points, then CHARACTERIES and CHARACTERISE on 19.
CATECHIZERS tops the 11-letter words in CHARACTERIZES at 27 points; next comes TRACHEARIES on 16.
CATECHIZER, CATECHIZES and SACCHARIZE share the top score of 26 among the 10-letter words from CHARACTERIZES. CHARACTERS is the one most people know.
The best of the 9-letter words you get when you unscramble CHARACTERIZES is CATECHIZE, 25 points; ARCHAIZER and ARCHAIZES on 23 follow. CHARACTER is an everyday pick.
ARCHAIZE and ZAITECHS share the top score of 22 among the 8-letter words in CHARACTERIZES. RESEARCH, TEACHERS and CHARTERS are the ones most people know.
SCHERZI and ZAITECH are the top 7-letter words made with CHARACTERIZES letters, 21 points each. CHARTER, SCRATCH and CASHIER will look familiar.
60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble CHARACTERIZES; 4 of them share the top score of 18. CHARTS, CHEATS and ETHICS are everyday picks.
HAZER, HAZES and HERTZ are the top 5-letter words from CHARACTERIZES, 17 points each. CHAIR, REACH and CHART will look familiar.
The 4-letter words in CHARACTERIZES are led by CAZH, CHEZ and CHIZ, 18 points each. EACH, SIZE and TECH are the familiar ones.
CAZ tops the 3-letter words made with CHARACTERIZES letters at 14 points; next come REZ and RIZ on 12. HAS, CAR and AIR will look familiar.
These 6 words have the length of CHARACTERIZES, with one letter different:
More 13-letter words: starting with CH · ending in ES · all 13-letter words
What CHARACTERIZES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
CHARACTERIZES works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHARACTERIZES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 435) | 317 | 435 | 283 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SACCHARIZE, CATHARIZES, CATHARIZE, ZAITECHS, ZAITECH, ATHEIZES, ATHEIZE, CZARITSA, CHIZ, SAZERAC, CATECHISER, CEAZES and 106 more, 118 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ARCHAIZERS, ARCHAIZER, CHARACTERISE, CAZH, RASTERIZE, SHIRAZ, CATECHISE, CHERRIEST, HECTICS, REZES, SCRITCH, SEIZA and 22 more, 34 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of CHARACTERIZES spell the words below.