448 words come out when you unscramble CONTEMPLATING, starting with CONTEMPLATING itself: 20 in Scrabble, 27 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is COMPLEATING, 18 points. The 13 letters split into 4 vowels and 9 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from CONTEMPLATING by length: 1 with 13 letters, 2 with 11, 6 with 10, 39 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 40 with 2. None has 12 letters.
COMPLEATING scores highest among the 11-letter words made with CONTEMPLATING letters at 18 points, ahead of CONTEMPLANT on 17.
Among the 10-letter words in CONTEMPLATING, COMPLETING leads with 17 points, then PENTATOMIC on 16 and MALCONTENT on 14. CONGENITAL is the familiar one.
6 of 39 9-letter words you get when you unscramble CONTEMPLATING tie at 16 points; none scores more. POTENTIAL, COMPLAINT and ALIGNMENT will look familiar.
Of the 60 8-letter words from CONTEMPLATING, 4 score 15 points, the group's best. CLEANING, MAGNETIC and COMPLAIN are the ones most people know.
60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble CONTEMPLATING; 5 of them share the top score of 14. CLIMATE, CAMPING and PLACING are everyday picks.
Among 60 6-letter words from CONTEMPLATING, the top score is 12, reached by 8. INCOME, COMING and IMPACT are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 5-letter words in CONTEMPLATING, 5 score 11 points, the group's best. PLACE, CLAIM and MAGIC are the ones most people know.
The 4-letter words made with CONTEMPLATING letters are led by CAMP and COMP, 10 points each. GAME, COME and CAME are the familiar ones.
16 of 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble CONTEMPLATING tie at 7 points; none scores more. CAN, MAP and MAN will look familiar.
Keep every letter of CONTEMPLATING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 13-letter words: starting with CO · ending in NG · all 13-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with COMPLEATING (18 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CONTEMPLATING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONTEMPLATING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 448) | 346 | 448 | 318 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 101 of them: CONTEMPLANT, COMPANING, PENTATOMIC, CAMPLING, CAPOTTING, COMPAGE, COMPITAL, ENCALMING, GEMCLIP, MEGATONIC, PELMATIC, PIGMENTAL and 89 more. Words With Friends* skips 29 of them: COMPLEATING, MEGALOPIC, AMPING, CAPING, EMPING, GELCAP, OCTENNIAL, PANETTONI, PELTATION, GLAMP, CAPOT, MONIC and 17 more. Scrabble US skips 1 of them: ANTILEPTON.