Unscramble CONTECKS and you have 157 words, CONTECKS itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are COCKETS and CONTECK, 15 points each. The 8 letters split into 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from CONTECKS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 7 with 6, 41 with 5, 58 with 4, 33 with 3 and 14 with 2.
COCKS scores highest among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CONTECKS at 13 points, ahead of COKES and CONKS on 11. STOCK, NOTES and STONE are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words from CONTECKS, COCK leads with 12 points, then COKE and CONK on 10. NOTE, COST and ONCE are the familiar ones.
These 6 words have the length of CONTECKS, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with CO · ending in KS · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; COCKS (13 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
CONTECKS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONTECKS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 157) | 118 | 157 | 105 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 39 of them: CONTECKS, COCKETS, CONTECK, COCKET, NOCKETS, NOCKET, KENTS, SNOEK, SNOKE, SOKEN, TONKS, ECCO and 27 more. Words With Friends* skips 13 of them: TOCKS, TOCK, STONK, ONCET, ECOS, OK, TECS, ECO, SOC, TEC, EST, TES and 1 more.