Unscramble CRITERION to get 213 words. CRITERION itself is a real word: 11 points on a Scrabble board, 13 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 11 points: TRICERION. RETINOIC and TRICORNE are the best of the shorter words, at 10 points. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from CRITERION by length: 2 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 13 with 7, 34 with 6, 46 with 5, 60 with 4, 39 with 3 and 16 with 2.
Of the 34 6-letter words from CRITERION, 25 score 8 points, the group's best. NOTICE, CORNER and EROTIC are the ones most people know.
46 5-letter words in CRITERION; 28 of them share the top score of 7. INTER, INTRO and TONER are everyday picks.
28 of 60 4-letter words made with CRITERION letters tie at 6 points; none scores more. NOTE, ONCE and NICE will look familiar.
Keep every letter of CRITERION but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with CR · ending in ON · all 9-letter words
CRITERION first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CRITERION, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRITERION itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 213) | 171 | 212 | 158 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
41 of the 213 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TRICERION, RETINOIC, RECTION, TIRONIC, CRONET, ONIRIC, ORCINE, RICIER, TERCIO, CORNI, CRINE, ONCER and 29 more. 13 of the 213 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: RETCON, IRONIER, ONCET, RECIT, CERT, CRIT, ROTINI, ECO, TEC, RENO, TEIN, OI and 1 more. 1 of the 213 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.
Each word below uses all the letters of CRITERION and one more.