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CHARACTERISTICS is not a playable word
1147 Playable Words can be made from "CHARACTERISTICS"
3-Letter Words
(83 found)
- aah
- aas
- ace
- act
- aha
- ahi
- ahs
- air
- ais
- ait
- arc
- are
- ars
- art
- ash
- ass
- ate
- ats
- att
- car
- cat
- chi
- cis
- ear
- eat
- era
- err
- ers
- ess
- est
- eta
- eth
- hae
- has
- hat
- her
- hes
- het
- hic
- hie
- his
- hit
- ice
- ich
- ire
- its
- rah
- rai
- ras
- rat
- rec
- rei
- res
- ret
- ria
- sac
- sae
- sat
- sea
- sec
- sei
- ser
- set
- sha
- she
- sic
- sir
- sis
- sit
- sri
- tae
- tar
- tas
- tat
- tea
75 of 83 words shown
4-Letter Words
(174 found)
- aahs
- acai
- aces
- ache
- acre
- acta
- acts
- ahis
- airs
- airt
- aits
- arch
- arcs
- area
- ares
- aria
- arie
- arts
- asci
- asea
- ates
- caca
- care
- carr
- cars
- cart
- casa
- case
- cash
- cast
- cate
- cath
- cats
- ceca
- cert
- cess
- chai
- char
- chat
- chia
- chic
- chis
- chit
- cire
- cist
- cite
- cria
- cris
- crit
- each
- ears
- east
- eath
- eats
- echt
- eras
- errs
- erst
- ests
- etas
- etch
- eths
- etic
- haar
- haes
- haet
- hair
- hare
- hart
- hast
- hate
- hats
- hear
- heat
- heir
75 of 174 words shown
5-Letter Words
(248 found)
- acais
- acari
- aceta
- aches
- acres
- aecia
- airer
- airth
- airts
- aitch
- archi
- areas
- areca
- areic
- arhat
- arias
- arise
- arras
- arris
- arses
- arsis
- ashes
- assai
- asset
- aster
- astir
- atria
- attar
- attic
- cacas
- cache
- cacti
- caeca
- carat
- carer
- cares
- caret
- carrs
- carse
- carte
- carts
- casas
- cases
- caste
- casts
- catch
- cater
- cates
- caths
- cerci
- ceria
- ceric
- certs
- cesta
- cesti
- chair
- chais
- chare
- charr
- chars
- chart
- chase
- chats
- cheat
- chert
- chess
- chest
- chias
- chica
- chics
- chirr
- chits
- circa
- circs
- cires
75 of 248 words shown
6-Letter Words
(235 found)
- access
- acetic
- achier
- airers
- airest
- airier
- airths
- archer
- arches
- arctic
- arecas
- arhats
- arises
- arista
- arrest
- artier
- artist
- artsie
- ashier
- assert
- asters
- attach
- attars
- attics
- attire
- caches
- cachet
- caesar
- cahier
- carate
- carats
- carers
- caress
- carets
- caries
- carses
- carter
- cartes
- caseic
- cashes
- casita
- cassia
- caster
- castes
- caters
- cattie
- cercis
- cerias
- cestas
- chaeta
- chairs
- chaise
- charas
- chares
- charrs
- charts
- chaser
- chases
- chasse
- chaste
- cheats
- cherts
- chests
- chicas
- chicer
- chirre
- chirrs
- citers
- cither
- cities
- citric
- crases
- crasis
- cratch
- crater
75 of 235 words shown
7-Letter Words
(187 found)
- achiest
- acratic
- actress
- aetatis
- airiest
- aitches
- archaic
- archers
- arctics
- arietta
- aristae
- aristas
- arrases
- arrests
- arrises
- artiest
- artiste
- artists
- artsier
- artsies
- ascaris
- ascetic
- ascites
- ascitic
- ashiest
- astatic
- asteria
- astrict
- atactic
- atheist
- athirst
- atresia
- atresic
- atretic
- attache
- attires
- cachets
- caesars
- cahiers
- carates
- carcase
- carcass
- carices
- caritas
- carries
- carters
- cashier
- casitas
- casters
- catarrh
- catcher
- catches
- cathect
- cattier
- catties
- cattish
- chaises
- charier
- charter
- chasers
- chaster
- chatter
- chicest
- chirres
- chitter
- cirrate
- cithara
- cithers
- citrate
- crasher
- crashes
- crasser
- craters
- cretics
- cristae
75 of 187 words shown
8-Letter Words
(116 found)
- archaise
- archaist
- ariettas
- aristate
- artistes
- artistic
- artsiest
- ascetics
- asterias
- astricts
- atheists
- atresias
- attacher
- attaches
- carcases
- carritch
- cashiers
- castrate
- castrati
- catarrhs
- catchers
- catchier
- cathects
- cercaria
- charases
- chariest
- charters
- chartist
- chastest
- chastise
- chatters
- chattier
- chiastic
- chitters
- chitties
- christie
- citharas
- citrates
- crashers
- cratches
- cristate
- criteria
- critters
- ecstatic
- eristics
- erratics
- ethicist
- hairiest
- harasser
- hastiest
- hatteria
- hetairai
- hetairas
- hieratic
- icterics
- irritate
- itchiest
- rachises
- rachitic
- rachitis
- rarities
- ratchets
- reattach
- recharts
- restarts
- restitch
- restrict
- retracts
- satiates
- satirise
- satirist
- scarcest
- scariest
- scatters
- scattier
75 of 116 words shown
9-Letter Words
(55 found)
- acritarch
- archaises
- archaists
- architect
- arteritis
- arthritic
- arthritis
- atheistic
- attachers
- caritases
- castrater
- castrates
- catchiest
- catechist
- catharses
- catharsis
- cathartic
- cathectic
- cercarias
- character
- charities
- charriest
- chartists
- chastiser
- christies
- earthstar
- ecstatics
- ethicists
- hatterias
- irritates
- restricts
- sarcastic
- scarriest
- sciaticas
- scratcher
- scratches
- scritches
- shirtiest
- srirachas
- staircase
- starchers
- starchier
- starriest
- stitchers
- tachistes
- tetrarchs
- theatrics
- theriacas
- thirsters
- thirstier
- traitress
- trashiest
- trichites
- trictracs
- tristichs
10-Letter Words
(20 found)
11-Letter Words
(4 found)
12-Letter Words
(2 found)
14-Letter Words
(1 found)
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