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CHARACTERIZES is a playable word
894 Playable Words can be made from "CHARACTERIZES"
3-Letter Words
(86 found)
- aah
- aas
- ace
- act
- aha
- ahi
- ahs
- air
- ais
- ait
- arc
- are
- ars
- art
- ash
- ate
- ats
- car
- cat
- cee
- chi
- cis
- ear
- eat
- era
- ere
- err
- ers
- est
- eta
- eth
- hae
- has
- hat
- her
- hes
- het
- hic
- hie
- his
- hit
- ice
- ich
- ire
- its
- rah
- rai
- ras
- rat
- rec
- ree
- rei
- res
- ret
- rez
- ria
- sac
- sae
- sat
- sea
- sec
- see
- sei
- ser
- set
- sha
- she
- sic
- sir
- sit
- sri
- tae
- tar
- tas
- tea
75 of 86 words shown
4-Letter Words
(167 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
- cazh
- ceca
- cees
- cere
- cert
- cete
- chai
- char
- chat
- chez
- chia
- chic
- chis
- chit
- cire
- cist
- cite
- cria
- cris
- crit
- czar
- each
- ears
- ease
- east
- eath
- eats
- eche
- echt
- eras
- errs
- erst
- etas
- etch
- eths
- etic
- haar
- haes
- haet
- hair
- hare
- hart
75 of 167 words shown
5-Letter Words
(222 found)
- acais
- acari
- aceta
- aches
- acres
- aecia
- aerie
- airer
- airth
- airts
- aitch
- archi
- areae
- areas
- areca
- areic
- arete
- arhat
- arias
- arise
- arras
- arris
- aster
- astir
- atria
- cacas
- cache
- cacti
- caeca
- carat
- carer
- cares
- caret
- carrs
- carse
- carte
- carts
- caste
- catch
- cater
- cates
- caths
- cease
- cerci
- ceres
- ceria
- ceric
- certs
- cesta
- cesti
- cetes
- chair
- chais
- chare
- charr
- chars
- chart
- chase
- chats
- cheat
- cheer
- chert
- chest
- chias
- chica
- chics
- chirr
- chits
- circa
- circs
- cires
- citer
- cites
- crash
- crate
75 of 222 words shown
6-Letter Words
(190 found)
- acetic
- achier
- aerate
- aerier
- aeries
- aether
- airers
- airest
- airths
- archer
- arches
- arctic
- arecas
- aretes
- arhats
- arista
- arrest
- artier
- artsie
- ashier
- caches
- cachet
- caesar
- cahier
- carate
- carats
- career
- carers
- carets
- caries
- carter
- cartes
- caseic
- casita
- caster
- caters
- cerate
- cercis
- cerias
- cerise
- cerite
- certes
- chaeta
- chairs
- chaise
- charas
- chares
- charrs
- charts
- chaser
- chaste
- cheats
- cheers
- cherts
- chicas
- chicer
- chirre
- chirrs
- citers
- cither
- cratch
- crater
- crates
- crazes
- crease
- create
- creche
- creesh
- cretic
- criers
- crista
- earths
- easier
- easter
- eaters
75 of 190 words shown
7-Letter Words
(127 found)
- accrete
- acerate
- achiest
- acratic
- aerates
- aeriest
- aethers
- aitches
- archaic
- archers
- arctics
- aristae
- artsier
- ascetic
- asteria
- atresia
- atresic
- cachets
- cahiers
- carates
- carcase
- careers
- carices
- caritas
- carries
- carters
- caseate
- cashier
- catarrh
- catcher
- catches
- caterer
- cerates
- cerites
- chaetae
- charier
- charter
- chaster
- cheater
- chicest
- chirres
- cirrate
- cithara
- cithers
- crasher
- craters
- crazier
- crazies
- creaser
- creates
- creches
- cretics
- cristae
- czarist
- earache
- ecartes
- erethic
- erratas
- erratic
- escheat
- etchers
- etheric
- etriers
- harries
- hastier
- haziest
- hearers
- heaters
- hectare
- hectics
- heister
- heretic
- herries
- hetaera
- hetaira
75 of 127 words shown
8-Letter Words
(51 found)
- accretes
- acierate
- aetheric
- archaise
- archaist
- archaize
- arteries
- carritch
- catarrhs
- catchers
- catchier
- caterers
- cercaria
- chariest
- charters
- cheaters
- cherries
- chertier
- chestier
- citharas
- cratches
- craziest
- creasier
- earaches
- earthier
- erratics
- heartier
- hearties
- hectares
- heretics
- hetaeras
- hetaeric
- hetairas
- reachers
- recharts
- recheats
- reciters
- recrates
- research
- retraces
- searcher
- seecatch
- sriracha
- starcher
- teachers
- terraces
- theriaca
- theriacs
- tracheae
- tracheas
- trashier
9-Letter Words
(17 found)
10-Letter Words
(6 found)
11-Letter Words
(1 found)
12-Letter Words
(3 found)
13-Letter Words
(1 found)
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