critical

1. Being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency: a critical shortage of food.

2. Being or relating to a grave physical condition especially of a patient.

3. Characterized by careful, exact evaluation and judgment: a critical reading.

4. Chemistry & Physics Of or relating to the value of a measurement, such as temperature, at which an abrupt change in a quality, property, or state occurs: A critical temperature of water is 100°C, its boiling point at standard atmospheric pressure.

5. Forming or having the nature of a turning point; crucial or decisive: a critical point in the campaign.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
critical	12	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
al	2
ti	2
ta	2
li	2
la	2
it	2
ai	2
ar	2
at	2

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
ait	3
til	3
tic	5
tar	3
ria	3
rat	3
rai	3
lit	3
lat	3
lar	3
lac	5
act	5
ail	3
car	5
cat	5
air	3
alt	3
arc	5
art	3

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
airt	4
lati	4
liar	4
lira	4
aril	4
alit	4
rail	4
rial	4
liri	4
tail	4
talc	6
tali	4
tirl	4
cria	6
lair	4
ilia	4
crit	6
cart	6
lari	4
carl	6
laic	6

5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
licit	7
litai	5
circa	9
trial	5
cacti	9
triac	7
trail	5
tical	7
iliac	7
ictic	9
cilia	7

6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
citral	8
citric	10
clitic	10
critic	10
iatric	8
rictal	8
italic	8
arctic	10
lactic	10

8 Letters	Scrabble® Points
critical	12