Unscramble CRITICISER and you have 146 words, CRITICISER itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are CRITICISE and SERICITIC, 13 points each. 10 letters: 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from CRITICISER split into 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 2 with 8, 6 with 7, 20 with 6, 36 with 5, 43 with 4, 26 with 3 and 10 with 2.
4 of 36 5-letter words in CRITICISER tie at 9 points; none scores more. TRIES, TIRES and CREST will look familiar.
Among 43 4-letter words made with CRITICISER letters, the top score is 6, reached by 18. SITE, REST and RISE are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of CRITICISER but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with CR · ending in ER · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CRITICISE (13 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
CRITICISER is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRITICISER itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 146) | 113 | 145 | 98 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
32 of the 146 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CRITICISER, SERICITIC, CIRCITER, CECITIS, CISTIC, RICIEST, CERRIS, RICIER, CRISE, ERICS, ICERS, SERIC and 20 more. 15 of the 146 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 146 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.
With one more tile, the letters of CRITICISER spell the words below.