Unscramble CONSTRICTING and you have 355 words, CONSTRICTING itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. 12 letters: 3 vowels and 9 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from CONSTRICTING split into 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 11, 1 with 10, 8 with 9, 29 with 8, 59 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 16 with 2.
CONTRISTING is the only one of the 11-letter words made with CONSTRICTING letters; it scores 14 points.
Just 1 of the 10-letter words in CONSTRICTING: CORNICINGS, for 15 points.
The best of the 8-letter words you get when you unscramble CONSTRICTING is SCONCING, 13 points; COININGS and COTISING on 11 follow. INSTINCT and NOTICING are everyday picks.
SICCING and TICCING are the top 7-letter words in CONSTRICTING, 12 points each. SITTING, SCORING and CRITICS will look familiar.
60 6-letter words made with CONSTRICTING letters; 8 of them share the top score of 10. STRONG, STRING and ORIGIN are everyday picks.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CONSTRICTING, 7 score 9 points, the group's best. RINGS, CISCO and COINS are the ones most people know.
CROC tops the 4-letter words from CONSTRICTING at 8 points; next come CIGS and COGS on 7. SIGN, COST and SONG will look familiar.
CIG and COG share the top score of 6 among the 3-letter words in CONSTRICTING. NOT, ITS and GOT are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of CONSTRICTING for another and you can spell these 5 words:
More 12-letter words: starting with CO · ending in NG · all 12-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CORNICINGS (15 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CONSTRICTING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONSTRICTING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 355) | 272 | 355 | 248 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 83 of them: CONCISING, CONTRISTING, COTTISING, COININGS, COTISING, TRIGONIC, CISTIC, CONTRIST, COTTING, CRINING, GIRONIC, SCIROC and 71 more. Words With Friends* skips 24 of them: CORNICINGS, TICCING, STRICTION, CROSTINI, INTRONIC, CIRCS, RIOTINGS, TIGNONS, TORICS, CIGS, CRITS, ROTINIS and 12 more.