Unscramble CRITICISE and you have 128 words, CRITICISE itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. CRITICISE has 1 anagram here, SERICITIC, scoring 13 like CRITICISE itself. The strongest shorter word is ICTERICS, 12 points. 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.
By length, the words from CRITICISE split into 2 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 6 with 7, 14 with 6, 30 with 5, 40 with 4, 25 with 3 and 10 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words in CRITICISE: ICTERICS, 12 points.
4 of 30 5-letter words made with CRITICISE letters tie at 9 points; none scores more. TRIES, TIRES and CREST will look familiar.
Of the 40 4-letter words you get when you unscramble CRITICISE, 18 score 6 points, the group's best. SITE, REST and RISE are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of CRITICISE for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with CR · ending in SE · all 9-letter words
CRITICISE first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
CRITICISE works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRITICISE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 128) | 103 | 127 | 88 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
24 of the 128 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SERICITIC, CECITIS, CISTIC, RICIEST, CRISE, ERICS, ICERS, SERIC, TICES, CITS, ERIC, ICER and 12 more. 15 of the 128 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CIRCS, RECITS, CERTS, CRITS, ETICS, RECIT, CERT, CRIT, TECS, RESIT, TEC, TRES and 3 more. 1 of the 128 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.
Each word below uses all the letters of CRITICISE and one more.