Unscramble CLITICISES to get 149 words. CLITICISES itself is a real word: 14 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are CLITICISE and SICCITIES, 13 points each. 10 letters: 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 CLITICISES split into 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 1 with 8, 7 with 7, 18 with 6, 34 with 5, 48 with 4, 28 with 3 and 10 with 2.
SCILICET is the only one of the 8-letter words in CLITICISES; it scores 12 points.
ICTIC tops the 5-letter words made with CLITICISES letters at 9 points; next come CEILI and CEILS on 7. SITES, LISTS and TILES will look familiar.
Of the 48 4-letter words you get when you unscramble CLITICISES, 19 score 6 points, the group's best. SITE, LIST and LESS are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of CLITICISES, with one letter different:
More 10-letter words: starting with CL · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with SCILICET (12 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: CLITICISES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLITICISES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 149) | 118 | 149 | 106 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
31 of the 149 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CLITICISES, CLITICISE, SICCITIES, CECITIS, CECILS, CISTIC, CITESS, ILICES, CIELS, CLIES, TICES, CIEL and 19 more. 12 of the 149 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CEILIS, CEILI, CLITS, ETICS, CLIT, TECS, LITES, TEC, ESTS, EST, TES and TE.