Unscramble CRITERIAL and you have 231 words, CRITERIAL itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from CRITERIAL by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 11 with 7, 32 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 49 with 3 and 16 with 2.
21 of 32 6-letter words you get when you unscramble CRITERIAL tie at 8 points; none scores more. RETAIL, ITALIC and CRATER will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words from CRITERIAL, 41 score 7 points, the group's best. CLEAR, LATER and ALERT are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words in CRITERIAL; 30 of them share the top score of 6. CARE, CART and LATE are everyday picks.
Among 49 3-letter words made with CRITERIAL letters, the top score is 5, reached by 13. ARE, CAR and ART are the familiar ones.
These 6 words have the length of CRITERIAL, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with CR · ending in AL · all 9-letter words
The meaning of CRITERIAL, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
CRITERIAL is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRITERIAL itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 231) | 190 | 230 | 176 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
40 of the 231 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CLARTIER, CERRIAL, ARRECT, RICIER, TARCEL, TRICAR, ARTIC, CITAL, CLART, CRARE, ICTAL, LACET and 28 more. 14 of the 231 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CRITERIAL, TALCIER, CEILI, LAIRIER, RECIT, CERT, CLIT, CRIA, CRIT, CAL, TEC, ARIE and 2 more. 1 of the 231 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.
Each word below uses all the letters of CRITERIAL and one more.