Unscramble CRITERIUMS and you have 299 words, CRITERIUMS itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. CRITERIUM and TURMERICS are the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from CRITERIUMS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 9, 9 with 8, 28 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 18 with 2.
Of the 28 7-letter words from CRITERIUMS, 8 score 11 points, the group's best. RECRUIT, METRICS and CRUISER are the ones most people know.
60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble CRITERIUMS; 10 of them share the top score of 10. CITIES, CRUISE and CRIMES are everyday picks.
Of the 60 5-letter words in CRITERIUMS, 10 score 9 points, the group's best. MUSIC, ITEMS and CRIME are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words made with CRITERIUMS letters; 8 of them share the top score of 8. ITEM, MUST and RICE are everyday picks.
The 3-letter words you get when you unscramble CRITERIUMS are led by CUM and MIC, 7 points each. ITS, SET and CUT are the familiar ones.
These 3 words have the length of CRITERIUMS, with one letter different:
More 10-letter words: starting with CR · ending in MS · all 10-letter words
CRITERIUMS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CRITERIUMS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRITERIUMS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 299) | 241 | 299 | 218 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 58 of them: SCRIMURE, CIMIERS, CITRUSIER, CRETISM, CIMIER, METICS, CREMS, CRIMS, CRUISIE, CUITERS, CURIETS, METIC and 46 more. Words With Friends* skips 23 of them: CRUISIER, EMICS, MERCS, CUEIST, CUMS, MERC, MICS, RECITS, SMRITI, CERTS, CRITS, ETICS and 11 more.
With one more tile, the letters of CRITERIUMS spell the words below.