Unscramble CONTENDING and you have 254 words, CONTENDING itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. 10 letters: 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from CONTENDING by length: 1 with 10 letters, 4 with 8, 14 with 7, 45 with 6, 49 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2. None has 9 letters.
4 of 45 6-letter words from CONTENDING tie at 10 points; none scores more. NOTICE, ENDING and CODING will look familiar.
Of the 49 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CONTENDING, 12 score 8 points, the group's best. DOING, NOTED and CITED are the ones most people know.
11 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble CONTENDING tie at 7 points; none scores more. CODE, ONCE and DONE will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words from CONTENDING, 5 score 6 points, the group's best. GET, END and GOT are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of CONTENDING for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with CO · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
CONTENDING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
CONTENDING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONTENDING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 254) | 202 | 254 | 186 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CONGED, CONDIE, GOETIC, COGIE, CONNIE, DONING, NOINTED, ONDING, TICED, CIDE, COND, CONNE and 40 more, 52 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: INCENT, NEONIC, ONCET, TIGNON, CIG, IDENT, DENI, DINO, ECO, GITE, TEC, TENNO and 4 more, 16 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of CONTENDING and one more.