Unscramble CONTENDINGLY and you have 324 words, CONTENDINGLY itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. CONDIGNLY and DICTYOGEN are the best of the shorter words, at 16 points. 12 letters: 3 vowels and 9 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from CONTENDINGLY split into 1 with 12 letters, 2 with 10, 3 with 9, 14 with 8, 36 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 28 with 2. None has 11 letters.
INNOCENTLY tops the 10-letter words in CONTENDINGLY at 15 points; next comes CONTENDING on 14.
36 7-letter words you get when you unscramble CONTENDINGLY; 4 of them share the top score of 13. NOTICED, LENDING and CLONING are everyday picks.
Among 60 6-letter words made with CONTENDINGLY letters, the top score is 12, reached by 9. CLIENT, CODING and GENTLY are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CONTENDINGLY, 7 score 11 points, the group's best. YIELD, CITED and DYING are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words from CONTENDINGLY, the top score is 9, reached by 7. ONLY, CITY and CODE are the familiar ones.
CLY, COY and ICY share the top score of 8 among the 3-letter words in CONTENDINGLY. END, YET and GOD are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of CONTENDINGLY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with CO · ending in LY · all 12-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; CONDIGNLY (16 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts CONTENDINGLY, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONTENDINGLY itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 324) | 245 | 323 | 229 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CONTENDINGLY, DICTYOGEN, INDOLENCY, NOCENTLY, CLYING, CYTODE, CYTOID, COTYLE, GYLDEN, YCLED, YCOND, YEDING and 67 more, 79 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: NYLONED, GLINTY, GYNIE, LINNEY, LOCING, GYNO, CLEG, TIYN, TYIN, CIG, ECO, LOC and 4 more, 16 in all. Not in Scrabble UK: GOY.