Hidden inside catechises sit catechesis and catechises, ten-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 17 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 305 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
catechesis and catechises tie for the highest Scrabble score from catechises at 17 points. The top 10 of 305 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 ten-letter words hiding in catechises: one comes from rearranging its letters, and catechises itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. No common everyday answer stands out among these ten-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are catechesis and catechises, each worth 17 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling catechises produces exactly one nine-letter word: catechise. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 16 points in Scrabble.
There are 5 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in catechises. No common everyday answer stands out among these eight-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring word is seecatch, worth 15 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in catechises produces 21 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with catches, easiest, and teaches. For points, the strongest plays are cachets, catches, chicest, and hectics — each worth 14 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling catechises turns up 43 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with access, cashes, ceases, chases, cheats, chests, and itches. For points, the strongest plays are caches, cachet, chicas, and hectic — each worth 13 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 71 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in catechises. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ashes, cases, casts, catch, cease, chase, and chats. For points, the strongest plays are cache, catch, chica, and chics — each worth 12 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in catechises produces 90 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with acts, case, cash, cast, cats, chat, and each. For points, the strongest play is chic — worth 11 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling catechises turns up 54 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with act, ash, ass, ate, cat, eat, and has. For points, the strongest plays are chi, hic, and ich — each worth 8 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 18 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in catechises. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ah, as, at, eh, ha, he, and hi. For points, the strongest plays are ah, eh, ha, he, hi, and sh — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
catechises is in the NWL, the official Scrabble word list for North America, but not in the Words With Friends dictionary, so it plays in Scrabble only.
Dictionaries record two senses for catechises. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 17 points on a Scrabble board:
catechises is one of two ten-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing catechises unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are catechesis and catechises, worth 17 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from catechises earns more points in Scrabble. Words With Friends prices the same letters differently, so the top of the list changes on a Words With Friends board. Both scores count tile values only and exclude premium squares.
The letters in catechises produce 305 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 ten-letter words, 1 nine-letter word, 5 eight-letter words, 21 seven-letter words, 43 six-letter words, 71 five-letter words, 90 four-letter words, 54 three-letter words and 18 two-letter words.