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CATECHISMS

10 letters, 19 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What CATECHISMS Means

CATECHISMS is a form of CATECHISM, which means:

  1. noun: a series of questions put to an individual (such as a political candidate) to elicit their views
  2. noun: an elementary book summarizing the principles of a Christian religion; written as questions and answers

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

CATECHISMS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 19 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 A1 T1 E1 C3 H4 I1 S1 M3 S1.

Anagrams of CATECHISMS (1)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Words Made From The Letters In CATECHISMS

585 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

9 letter words (5)

8 letter words (19)

7 letter words (53)

6 letter words (90)

5 letter words (147)

4 letter words (161)

3 letter words (83)

2 letter words (27)

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