Unscramble CONTAINING to get 211 words. CONTAINING itself is a real word: 13 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. 10 letters: 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from CONTAINING by length: 1 with 10 letters, 6 with 9, 5 with 8, 15 with 7, 31 with 6, 40 with 5, 51 with 4, 46 with 3 and 16 with 2.
Among 31 6-letter words from CONTAINING, the top score is 9, reached by 9. ACTION, NATION and ACTING are the familiar ones.
6 of 40 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CONTAINING tie at 8 points; none scores more. CANON, GIANT and TANGO will look familiar.
The best of the 4-letter words from CONTAINING is CANG, 7 points; ATOC and CAIN on 6 follow. ANTI, ICON and GAIN are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of CONTAINING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with CO · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
What CONTAINING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
CONTAINING works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONTAINING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 211) | 163 | 211 | 152 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: NICOTIAN, ANGICO, CANTION, NOINTING, TICING, CAGOT, OINTING, ACTON, CANG, CONIA, GANOIN, ONNING and 36 more, 48 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ACTIONING, COTINGA, TIGNON, ATIGI, CIG, GONNA, NANO, NONI, TIAN, GI and OI, 11 in all.
These 5 words take every letter of CONTAINING plus a single extra one.