212 words come out when you unscramble CONTANGOS, starting with CONTANGOS itself: 12 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from CONTANGOS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 3 with 7, 21 with 6, 56 with 5, 60 with 4, 55 with 3 and 14 with 2.
Of the 56 5-letter words from CONTANGOS, 6 score 8 points, the group's best. COAST, CANON and COSTA are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words in CONTANGOS, the top score is 7, reached by 5. COST, SONG and TAGS are the familiar ones.
CAG and COG share the top score of 6 among the 3-letter words made with CONTANGOS letters. NOT, CAN and TOO are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of CONTANGOS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with CO · ending in OS · all 9-letter words
The meaning of CONTANGOS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
CONTANGOS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONTANGOS itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 212) | 164 | 212 | 149 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
48 of the 212 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CAGOTS, ACTONS, CAGOT, CANGS, ONCOST, SCOOG, TONNAGS, ACTON, ATOCS, CAGS, CANG, CANNS and 36 more. 15 of the 212 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CONTANGOS, CONTANGO, ASCON, TOCOS, GONNA, SOCA, TOCO, NANOS, SOC, AGS, GOS, NANO and 3 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of CONTANGOS and one more.