There are 49 words hidden in the letters of CRITICISM, from 9 two-letter words up to CRITICISM (9 letters). For points, CRITICISM is best at 15.
No other single word uses all 9 letters of CRITICISM. CRITICISM has 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants, worth 15 points before any board bonuses.
9-letter words 1
7-letter words 2
critics11trismic11
6-letter words 6
citric10crisic10critic10iritic8iritis6smriti8
5-letter words 4
ictic9mitis7scrim9trims7
4-letter words 12
cist6cris6iris4mics8miri6mirs6mist6rims6smit6stir4tics6trim6
3-letter words 15
cis5csc7ism5its3mic7mir5mis5rim5sic5sim5sir3sit3sri3tic5tis3
2-letter words 9
cs4is2it2mi4ms4rs2si2ti2ts2
Words are from our open word list and include some game-only words. Rude words are left out of this page; the unscrambler shows every valid word, lets you add blank tiles and filter by length.