Unscramble CRITICASTERS to get 385 words. CRITICASTERS itself is a real word: 16 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, CICATRISERS and CRITICASTER lead with 15 points. 12 letters: 4 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from CRITICASTERS split into 1 with 12 letters, 2 with 11, 5 with 10, 13 with 9, 47 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 17 with 2.
Every one of the 2 11-letter words made with CRITICASTERS letters scores 15.
Of the 5 10-letter words in CRITICASTERS, 4 score 14 points, the group's best.
Of the 47 8-letter words you get when you unscramble CRITICASTERS, 11 score 12 points, the group's best. CRITERIA, ARTISTIC and RESTRICT are the ones most people know.
Among 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble CRITICASTERS, the top score is 11, reached by 19. CRITICS, CARRIES and TACTICS are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 6-letter words from CRITICASTERS, 19 score 10 points, the group's best. ACCESS, CITIES and CRISIS are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words in CRITICASTERS; 8 of them share the top score of 9. CASES, ACRES and RACES are everyday picks.
CECA tops the 4-letter words made with CRITICASTERS letters at 8 points; next come ACER and ACES on 6. CASE, CARE and CART will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble CRITICASTERS, 14 score 5 points, the group's best. ARE, ITS and SET are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of CRITICASTERS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with CR · ending in RS · all 12-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; CICATRISES, SCARCITIES and TRACTRICES (14 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CRITICASTERS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRITICASTERS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 385) | 312 | 385 | 290 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 73 of them: CICATRISERS, CICATRISER, CAECITIS, CARRECTS, CIRCITER, ECCRISIS, RECTITIC, ACCITES, ARCSECS, ATTICISES, CARRECT, CECITIS and 61 more. Words With Friends* skips 22 of them: CICATRISES, TRACTRICES, CICATRISE, TRIASSIC, ATRESIC, ATRETIC, CIRCS, CERTS, CRIAS, CRITS, ETICS, RECIT and 10 more.