Unscramble CONSTRAINING to get 430 words. CONSTRAINING itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. 4 shorter words score 14, among them SANCTIONING, CANTONISING and INCOGNISANT. The 12 letters split into 4 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from CONSTRAINING by length: 1 with 12 letters, 4 with 11, 11 with 10, 30 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
The 11-letter words made with CONSTRAINING letters come to 4, each scoring 14 points.
8 of 11 10-letter words in CONSTRAINING tie at 13 points; none scores more. CONTAINING will look familiar.
Of the 30 9-letter words from CONSTRAINING, 12 score 12 points, the group's best. INORGANIC, TRAININGS and CONSTRAIN are the ones most people know.
23 of 60 8-letter words you get when you unscramble CONSTRAINING tie at 11 points; none scores more. CONTAINS, SCANNING and COATINGS will look familiar.
Of the 60 7-letter words from CONSTRAINING, 35 score 10 points, the group's best. ACTIONS, CONTAIN and ORGANIC are the ones most people know.
Among 60 6-letter words in CONSTRAINING, the top score is 9, reached by 30. ACTION, CASINO and RACING are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 5-letter words made with CONSTRAINING letters, 16 score 8 points, the group's best. COAST, CANON and COSTA are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble CONSTRAINING; 8 of them share the top score of 7. COST, CART and CARS are everyday picks.
CAG, CIG and COG are the top 3-letter words from CONSTRAINING, 6 points each. CAN, CAR and ART will look familiar.
Trade one tile of CONSTRAINING for another and you can spell these 5 words:
More 12-letter words: starting with CO · ending in NG · all 12-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with NARCOTISING and SANCTIONING (14 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. CONSTRAINING is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONSTRAINING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 430) | 345 | 430 | 306 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CANTONISING, INCOGNISANT, NONACTINGS, NIGRICANT, ANICONIST, ANOINTINGS, CANTINGS, COININGS, CONNINGS, COTISING, NICOTIANS, RATIONINGS and 73 more, 85 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: NARCOTISING, INORGANICS, ACTIONING, COGNISANT, NONTRAGIC, COTINGAS, NOTARISING, ARCINGS, CANINGS, CANTORIS, CARINGS, CORTINAS and 27 more, 39 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of CONSTRAINING and one more.