CAUTERIZES

10 letters, 21 points in Scrabble, 5 vowels

What CAUTERIZES Means

CAUTERIZES is a form of CAUTERIZE, which means:

verb: burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent“The surgeon cauterized the wart”
verb: make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals

Similar words

CAUTERISE BURN CALLOUS

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

CAUTERIZES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 21 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 A1 U1 T1 E1 R1 I1 Z10 E1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In CAUTERIZES

634 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 (3)

CAUTERIES CAUTERISE CAUTERIZE

8 letter words (8)

AZURITES CAUSERIE CERUSITE CRAZIEST CUTESIER EUCRITES SECATEUR SURICATE

7 letter words (36)

6 letter words (120)

5 letter words (184)

ACERS ACRES ACUTE AERIE AESIR AIRTS AITUS ARCUS AREIC ARETE ARETS ARISE ARTIC ARTIS ASTER ASTIR AUREI AURES AURIC AURIS AZURE CAESE CARES CARET CARSE CARTE CARTS CASTE CATER CATES CAUSE CEASE CEAZE CERES CERIA CERTS CESTA CESTI CETES CIRES CITER CITES CRATE CRAZE CREES CREST CRIAS CRIES CRISE CRITS CRUES CRUET CRUSE CRUST CUITS CURAT CURES CURET CURIA CURIE CURSE CURSI CURST CUTER CUTES CUTIE CUTIS CZARS EARST EASER EATER ECRUS ERASE ERECT ERICA ERICS ERUCT ESCAR ESTER ETUIS ICERS ICTUS IRATE IZARS RACES RAISE RAITS RATES RATUS RAZEE RAZES REACT REAST REATE RECIT RECTA RECTI RECUT REEST REIST RESAT RESET RESIT RETIA RETIE REUSE RICES RITES RIZAS SAICE SAREE SAUCE SAUTE SCARE SCART SCAUR SCEAT SCRAE SCRAT SCREE SCUTA SCUTE SEARE SEAZE SEIZE SERAC SERAI SERIC SETAE SIEUR SIREE SITAR SIZAR SIZER STAIR STARE STEAR STEER STERE STIRE STRAE STRIA STURE SUCRE SUITE SURAT SUTRA TACES TARES TARSI TASER TEARS TEASE TEAZE TEERS TERAI TERAS TERCE TERES TERSE TIARS TICES TIERS TIRES TRACE TREES TRIAC TRICE TRIES TRUCE TRUES TZARS URAEI URASE URATE UREAS UREIC URITE URSAE UTERI ZAIRE ZARIS ZATIS ZETAS

4 letter words (166)

3 letter words (95)

ACE ACT AIR AIS AIT ARC ARE ARS ART ATE ATS AUE CAR CAT CAZ CEE CIS CIT CRU CUE CUR CUT CUZ EAR EAS EAT EAU ECU ERA ERE ERS EST ETA ICE IRE ITA ITS RAI RAS RAT REC REE REI RES RET REZ RIA RIT RIZ RUC RUE RUT SAC SAE SAI SAR SAT SAU SAZ SEA SEC SEE SEI SER SET SEZ SIC SIR SIT SRI SUE SUI SUR TAE TAI TAR TAS TAU TEA TEC TEE TES TIC TIE TIS TUI URE USE UTA UTE UTS ZAS ZEA ZEE ZIT

2 letter words (22)

AE AI AR AS AT EA EE ER ES ET IS IT RE SI ST TA TE TI UR US UT ZA

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