Unscramble CRITICISM and you have 63 words, CRITICISM itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. CRITICS and TRISMIC are the best of the shorter words, at 11 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from CRITICISM split into 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 7, 8 with 6, 8 with 5, 21 with 4, 16 with 3 and 6 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Keep every letter of CRITICISM but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with CR · ending in SM · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CRITICS and TRISMIC (11 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. CRITICISM 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRITICISM itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 63) | 48 | 63 | 41 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
15 of the 63 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CISTIC, CRIMS, MIRITIS, CRIM, MIRITI, STRIM, CITS, SIMI, SMIR, CIT, ISIT, RITS and 3 more. 7 of the 63 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CIRCS, MICS, SMRITI, CRITS, MIC, CRIT and STIM.
Each word below uses all the letters of CRITICISM and one more.