Jumble solved
Is CRITERIONS a word? Yes.
CRITERIONS is a valid word in the Scrabble dictionary — 10 letters, worth 12 points before any premium squares. It rearranges into 1 anagram, with 500 words hidden inside it.
- Total words
- 500
- Full anagrams
- 1
- Longest answer
- 10 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 4 : 6
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 4 vowels (I, E, I, O) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 6 remaining consonants (C, R, T, R, N, S).
Anagrams of CRITERIONS
One word uses all 10 letters:
- criterions
10-letter words
1 word found9-letter words
4 words found8-letter words
15 words found7-letter words
57 words found+ 42 more 7-letter words
6-letter words
103 words found+ 88 more 6-letter words
5-letter words
130 words found+ 115 more 5-letter words
4-letter words
109 words found+ 94 more 4-letter words
3-letter words
61 words found+ 46 more 3-letter words
2-letter words
20 words found+ 5 more 2-letter words
Words hidden inside CRITERIONS
Without moving a single letter, reading criterions straight through uncovers 6 shorter words — criterion, crit, ions, rite, ion, ons. The longest unbroken run is criterion.
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Add one letter to CRITERIONS
Slot in one more tile — any letter — and criterions opens up 1 11-letter word. Handy when a puzzle gives you a blank or an extra square.
Best words for tile games
Playing Scrabble or Words with Friends? These finds carry the highest tile values (before any bonus squares).
Letter breakdown
Total Letters
10
Distinct
8
Vowels
40%
I, E, I, O
Consonants
60%
C, R, T, R, N, S
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Solving CRITERIONS: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters criterions?
Rearranging the 10 letters in criterions produces 500 valid words in total. A quick way to crack a scramble is to pull the vowels out first, then test familiar beginnings and endings (such as re-, un-, -ing, -ed and -er) against the consonants that are left. That approach lands the 10-letter answer criterions here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does criterions have any anagrams?
Using all 10 letters, criterions rearranges into exactly one word: criterions.
What is the longest word you can make from criterions?
The longest solution is criterions at 10 letters — it uses the most tiles of any word here.
What are the easiest short words from criterions?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: criterions yields cis, con, cor, cos, cot, eco, ens, eon, ern and err. Two- and three-letter words are handy for warming up, for tricky racks, and for hooking onto letters already on the board in games like Scrabble and Words with Friends.
Which word from criterions scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, criterions is the top scorer from criterions at 12 points, followed by corneitis (11), criterion (11) and tricornes (11). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.
What smaller words are hidden inside criterions?
Read left to right without moving any letters and criterions already contains 6 shorter words: criterion, crit, ions, rite, ion and ons. The longest run of consecutive letters that spells a word is criterion. Because this depends on the exact order, each spelling of the same letters hides a different set.