Unscramble CRITICISES and you have 173 words, CRITICISES itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. CRITICISE, SERICITIC and SICCITIES are the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from CRITICISES by length: 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 9, 4 with 8, 7 with 7, 25 with 6, 44 with 5, 52 with 4, 27 with 3 and 10 with 2.
25 6-letter words from CRITICISES; 6 of them share the top score of 10. CITIES, SISTER and CRISIS are everyday picks.
Of the 44 5-letter words from CRITICISES, 4 score 9 points, the group's best. SITES, TRIES and TIRES are the ones most people know.
52 4-letter words in CRITICISES; 21 of them share the top score of 6. SITE, REST and SETS are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of CRITICISES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with CR · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
What CRITICISES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. CRITICISES is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRITICISES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 173) | 138 | 172 | 121 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SERICITIC, SICCITIES, ECCRISIS, CECITIS, CISTIC, CISSIER, RICIEST, CITESS, CRISE, ERICS, ICERS, SERIC and 22 more, 34 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CIRCS, RECITS, CERTS, CRITS, ETICS, RECIT, CERT, CRIT, RESITS, TECS, RESIT, TEC and 5 more, 17 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.
This word takes every letter of CRITICISES plus a single extra one.