Scrabble and Words with Friends

• CRITICAL is a valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. Scrabble uses the TWL word list.
  

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• CRITICAL is a valid Words with Friends word worth 15 points. Words with Friends uses the ENABLE word list.
  

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• CRITICAL is a 8 letter word containing the letters a, c, c, i, i, l, r, t.

Definitions

• critical

  adjective marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws
  a critical attitude

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• critical

  adjective at or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction
  a critical temperature of water is 100 degrees C--its boiling point at standard atmospheric pressure
  critical mass
  go critical

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• critical

  adjective characterized by careful evaluation and judgment
  a critical reading
  a critical dissertation
  a critical analysis of Melville's writings

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• critical

  adjective being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency
  a critical shortage of food
  a critical illness
  an illness at the critical stage

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• critical

  adjective of or involving or characteristic of critics or criticism
  critical acclaim

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• critical

  adjective satellite urgently needed; absolutely necessary
  a critical element of the plan
  critical medical supplies

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• critical

  adjective satellite forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis
  a critical point in the campaign
  the critical test

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• Lookup CRITICAL using the Merriam-Webster dictionary

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