What CRITERION Means
- noun: a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated“the schools comply with federal standards”
- noun: the ideal in terms of which something can be judged“they live by the standards of their community”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
CRITERION is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 R1 I1 T1 E1 R1 I1 O1 N1.
Anagrams of CRITERION (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In CRITERION
214 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.
8 letter words (3)
7 letter words (13)
6 letter words (31)
CITRINCITRONCOINERCORNERCORNETCORRIECORTINCRETINCRONETINCITEINTIREIRENICIRONERIRONICNITRICNOETICNORITENOTICEONIRICORCEINORCINEORIENTORRICERECOINRECTORRETORNRICIERRIOTERTERCIOTINIERTONIER
5 letter words (46)
CENTOCIRRICITERCONTECORERCORNICRIERCRINECRONECROREICIERINERTINTERINTROIONICIRONENICERNITERNITRENITRONOTERONCERONCETONTICORCINRECITRECONRECTIRECTORETRORICERRICINRONTERORICRORIETENORTONERTONICTORICTORIITRICETRIERTRINETRIORTRONCTRONE
4 letter words (66)
CENTCEROCERTCINECIONCIRECITECITOCOINCOIRCOITCONECONICORECORNCOTECRITERICETICICERICONINROINTIINTOIRONNICENITENOIRNORINOTEOINTONCEONERONIEOTICREINRENTRICERINERIOTRITEROINRONERONTRORERORTROTEROTITEINTERNTICETIERTINETIRETIROTIRRTONETORCTORETORITORNTORRTRIETRINTRIOTRON
3 letter words (39)
CITCONCORCOTECOEONERNERRICEIONIRENETNIENITNORNOTONEORCOREORTRECREIRENREORETRINRITROCROEROTTECTENTICTIETINTOCTOETONTOR
2 letter words (16)
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