Definition of characterise

"characterise" in the verb sense

1. characterize, characterise

be characteristic of

"What characterizes a Venetian painting?"

2. qualify, characterize, characterise

describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of

"You can characterize his behavior as that of an egotist"

"This poem can be characterized as a lament for a dead lover"

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Quotations for characterise

Virtue, not pedigree, should characterise nobility. [ Motto ]

characterise in Scrabble®

The word characterise is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 19

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters characterise:

CHARACTERISE
(207)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (91 words)

acaters, accites, accrete, acerate, achiest, aerates, aeriest, aitches, archaic, archers, arctics, artsier, ascetic, atheise, atresia, cachers, cachets, careers, carries, carters, caseate, cashier, catarrh, catcher, catches, caterer, cerates, charier, charter, chaster, cheater, cithers, crasher, craters, creaser, creates, creches, cristae, earache, erratic, etchers, etheric, hastier, hearers, heaters, hectare, heretic, hetaera, racecar, raciest, ratrace, reacher, reaches, rearise, recache, recatch, rechart, recheat, reciter, recites, recrate, rehears, reheats, rehires, reshare, retches, reteach, retears, retires, retrace, retries, richest, saccate, scarcer, scarier, scratch, screech, seriate, serrate, shearer, tarries, teacher, teaches, tearers, tearier, techies, terrace, tracers, trachea, trasher, triarch

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word characterise

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In characterise

CHARACTERISE
(207)
CHARACTERISE
(189)
CHARACTERISE
(138)
CHARACTERISE
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characterise in Words With Friends™

The word characterise is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 20

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters characterise:

CHARACTERISE
(270)
CHARACTERISE
(270)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (91 words)

acaters, accites, accrete, acerate, achiest, aerates, aeriest, aitches, archaic, archers, arctics, artsier, ascetic, atheise, atresia, cachers, cachets, careers, carries, carters, caseate, cashier, catarrh, catcher, catches, caterer, cerates, charier, charter, chaster, cheater, cithers, crasher, craters, creaser, creates, creches, cristae, earache, erratic, etchers, etheric, hastier, hearers, heaters, hectare, heretic, hetaera, racecar, raciest, ratrace, reacher, reaches, rearise, recache, recatch, rechart, recheat, reciter, recites, recrate, rehears, reheats, rehires, reshare, retches, reteach, retears, retires, retrace, retries, richest, saccate, scarcer, scarier, scratch, screech, seriate, serrate, shearer, tarries, teacher, teaches, tearers, tearier, techies, terrace, tracers, trachea, trasher, triarch

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word characterise

CHARACTERISE
(270)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In characterise

CHARACTERISE
(270)
CHARACTERISE
(270)
CHARACTERISE
(216)
CHARACTERISE
(216)
CHARACTERISE
(180)
CHARACTERISE
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Words within the letters of characterise

2 letter words in characterise (14 words)

10 letter words in characterise (4 words)

12 letter words in characterise (1 word)

Words containing the sequence characterise

Words that start with characterise (5 words)

Words that end with characterise (3 words)

Word Growth involving characterise

Shorter words in characterise

act acter character

ar char chara character

ha char chara character

is rise

Longer words containing characterise

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characterised recharacterised

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characteriser mischaracteriser mischaracterisers

characterises mischaracterises

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