115 words come out when you unscramble CRITICISING, starting with CRITICISING itself: 16 in Scrabble, 20 in Words With Friends. SICCING and TICCING are the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. It has 11 letters, 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from CRITICISING split into 1 with 11 letters, 9 with 7, 19 with 6, 20 with 5, 35 with 4, 24 with 3 and 7 with 2. None has 10, 9 or 8 letters.
CIGS scores highest among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble CRITICISING at 7 points, ahead of CIST and CITS on 6. SIGN, RING and SING are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of CRITICISING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with CR · ending in NG · all 11-letter words
The meaning of CRITICISING, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CRITICISING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRITICISING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 115) | 90 | 115 | 81 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
25 of the 115 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CISTIC, CINCT, TICING, NIGIRIS, STIRING, TIRINGS, NIGIRI, CITS, STRIG, CIT, GRIS, INGS and 13 more. 9 of the 115 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: TICCING, CIRCS, CIGS, CRITS, CIG, CRIT, GIS, SIG and GI.