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3013 Playable Words can be made from "CHARACTERIZATIONS"
2-Letter Words (38 found)
3-Letter Words (158 found)
- aah
- aas
- ace
- act
- aha
- ahi
- ahs
- ain
- air
- ais
- ait
- ana
- ane
- ani
- ant
- arc
- are
- aro
- ars
- art
- ash
- ate
- ats
- att
- azo
- can
- car
- cat
- chi
- cis
- con
- cor
- cos
- cot
- coz
- ear
- eat
- eco
- ens
- eon
- era
- ern
- err
- ers
- est
- eta
- eth
- hae
- hao
- has
- hat
- hen
- her
- hes
- het
- hic
- hie
- hin
- his
- hit
- hoe
- hon
- hot
- ice
- ich
- ins
- ion
- ire
- its
- nae
- nah
- net
- nit
- noh
- nor
75 of 158 words shown
4-Letter Words (386 found)
- aahs
- acai
- aces
- ache
- acne
- acre
- acro
- acta
- acts
- aeon
- aero
- ahis
- ains
- aint
- airn
- airs
- airt
- aits
- anas
- anes
- anis
- anoa
- ansa
- anta
- ante
- anti
- ants
- arch
- arco
- arcs
- area
- ares
- aria
- arie
- aros
- arts
- asci
- asea
- ates
- azan
- azon
- caca
- cain
- cane
- cans
- cant
- care
- carn
- carr
- cars
- cart
- casa
- case
- cash
- cast
- cate
- cath
- cats
- cazh
- ceca
- cent
- cero
- cert
- chai
- chao
- char
- chat
- chez
- chia
- chic
- chin
- chis
- chit
- choc
- chon
75 of 386 words shown
5-Letter Words (587 found)
- acais
- acari
- aceta
- aches
- acini
- acnes
- acorn
- acres
- acros
- actin
- actor
- aecia
- aeons
- airer
- airns
- airth
- airts
- aitch
- ancho
- anear
- anise
- anoas
- ansae
- antae
- antas
- antes
- antic
- antis
- antra
- antre
- aorta
- archi
- areas
- areca
- areic
- arena
- arhat
- arias
- arise
- arose
- arras
- arris
- arroz
- arson
- asana
- ascon
- ascot
- ashen
- aster
- astir
- atone
- atria
- attar
- attic
- azans
- azine
- azoic
- azons
- azote
- azoth
- cacao
- cacas
- cache
- cacti
- caeca
- cains
- cairn
- caner
- canes
- canoe
- canso
- canst
- canto
- cants
- carat
75 of 587 words shown
6-Letter Words (651 found)
- acacia
- accent
- accost
- acetic
- acetin
- achier
- acinar
- acinic
- acorns
- actins
- action
- actors
- aeonic
- ahorse
- airers
- airest
- airier
- airths
- anarch
- anatto
- anchor
- anchos
- anears
- anisic
- ansate
- ansatz
- anther
- anthro
- antiar
- antics
- antres
- aorist
- aortae
- aortas
- aortic
- arcana
- arcane
- archer
- arches
- archon
- arctic
- arecas
- arenas
- arhats
- ariose
- ariosi
- arisen
- arista
- aristo
- arnica
- aroint
- arrant
- arrest
- arseno
- arshin
- arsine
- arsino
- artier
- artist
- artsie
- ascent
- ashcan
- ashier
- ashine
- ashore
- astern
- atoner
- atones
- atonia
- atonic
- attach
- attain
- attars
- attics
- attire
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7-Letter Words (557 found)
- acacias
- acantha
- acanthi
- acarine
- accents
- acetins
- achiest
- achiote
- acinose
- aconite
- acrasia
- acrasin
- acratic
- acronic
- acrotic
- actinia
- actinic
- actions
- aerator
- aerosat
- aetatis
- airiest
- airshot
- aitches
- anarchs
- anatase
- anattos
- anchors
- anestri
- another
- anthers
- anthros
- antiair
- antiars
- anticar
- antsier
- archaea
- archaic
- archers
- archine
- archons
- arcsine
- arctics
- arietta
- aristae
- arnatto
- arnicas
- aroints
- arroces
- arrozes
- arsenic
- artiest
- artisan
- artiste
- artsier
- ascetic
- ascitic
- astatic
- asteria
- astrict
- atactic
- atheist
- athirst
- atoners
- atonias
- atonics
- atonies
- atresia
- atresic
- atretic
- attache
- attains
- attires
- attorns
- azotise
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8-Letter Words (383 found)
- acanthae
- acarines
- accentor
- acentric
- acetonic
- achiotes
- aconites
- aconitic
- acrostic
- actiniae
- actinias
- actioner
- actorish
- aeration
- aerators
- aerostat
- aircoach
- anarchic
- ancestor
- anchoret
- anechoic
- anoretic
- anorthic
- anterior
- antihero
- antiriot
- antisera
- antrorse
- aoristic
- archaean
- archaeon
- archaise
- archaist
- archaize
- archines
- ariettas
- aristate
- arnattos
- artesian
- artistic
- astatine
- asthenia
- asthenic
- atechnic
- atrazine
- attacher
- attaches
- attainer
- atticize
- canaries
- canister
- canities
- canoeist
- cantatas
- canthari
- cantoris
- carcanet
- carinate
- cariocas
- carnitas
- caroches
- carotins
- carrions
- carritch
- carrotin
- castanet
- castrate
- castrati
- castrato
- cataract
- catarrhs
- catchers
- catchier
- catechin
- caterans
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9-Letter Words (161 found)
- accentors
- accretion
- acritarch
- actioners
- aerations
- ahistoric
- anarchies
- anarchist
- anchorets
- anchorite
- anorectic
- anoretics
- anorthite
- anthraces
- arccosine
- archaeans
- archaizes
- architect
- arrestant
- arteritis
- arthritic
- arthritis
- ascertain
- atheistic
- atrazines
- attachers
- attainers
- atticizes
- cantharis
- carcanets
- carnotite
- caroaches
- carroches
- carrotins
- caseation
- castrater
- castrator
- cataracts
- catatonia
- catatonic
- catchiest
- catechins
- catechist
- cathartic
- cercarias
- chanciest
- chantries
- characins
- character
- charities
- charriest
- chicaners
- chicories
- chintzier
- chorister
- cicatrize
- cineraria
- circinate
- cirrhotic
- cistronic
- citations
- cocainize
- cocineras
- constrict
- contracts
- cornetist
- corniches
- craniates
- creations
- criterion
- crotchets
- earthstar
- eroticist
- ethicians
- hatterias
75 of 161 words shown
10-Letter Words (67 found)
- accretions
- acritarchs
- acrostatic
- aircoaches
- anchorites
- anchoritic
- anorectics
- anorthites
- anorthitic
- anthracite
- anticaries
- antichoice
- antiheroic
- archaistic
- architects
- aristocrat
- arthritics
- atrocities
- cantatrice
- cantatrici
- carnotites
- carritches
- carrotiest
- castration
- catarrhine
- catatonias
- catatonics
- cathartics
- characters
- chintziest
- cicatrizes
- cinerarias
- cirrhotics
- cocainizes
- concretist
- contraries
- cornstarch
- criterions
- escharotic
- hesitation
- hoactzines
- inheritors
- iterations
- narcotizes
- octarchies
- recitation
- recontacts
- retraction
- rheostatic
- rhotacizes
- saccharine
- sarracenia
- scratchier
- tacticians
- tarriances
- technocrat
- tetrarchic
- theocratic
- thorianite
- tracheitis
- tractrices
- transactor
- triarchies
- tricotines
- trisection
- tristearin
- trochanter
11-Letter Words (15 found)
12-Letter Words (5 found)
13-Letter Words (4 found)
14-Letter Words (1 found)
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