Unscramble CONSTRICT and you have 204 words, CONSTRICT itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. TICTOCS is the best of the shorter words, at 11 points. The 9 letters split into 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
C34O1N12S1T1R1I1C34T1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from CONSTRICT split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 8 with 7, 18 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 41 with 3 and 14 with 2.
Among 60 5-letter words from CONSTRICT, the top score is 9, reached by 6. CISCO, COINS and ICONS are the familiar ones.
The best of the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble CONSTRICT is CROC, 8 points; CION and CIST on 6 follow. COST, SORT and ICON are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of CONSTRICT for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with CO · ending in CT · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with TICTOCS (11 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CONSTRICT, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONSTRICT itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 204) | 158 | 203 | 147 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 46 of them: CONTRIST, SCIROC, CINCT, CORNIST, TRONCS, COITS, CORNI, COTTS, CRIOS, CRONS, CROST, SIROC and 34 more. Words With Friends* skips 10 of them: CIRCS, TORICS, CRITS, CORS, CRIT, STOTIN, ROSTI, SOC, STOT and OI. Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: INROS.
Each word below uses all the letters of CONSTRICT and one more.