Unscramble CONTENTION and you have 140 words, CONTENTION itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is CONTINENT, 11 points. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
C34O1N12T1E1N12T1I1O1N12
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from CONTENTION by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 2 with 8, 8 with 7, 16 with 6, 21 with 5, 46 with 4, 31 with 3 and 14 with 2.
Just 1 of the 9-letter words made with CONTENTION letters: CONTINENT, for 11 points.
21 of 46 4-letter words in CONTENTION tie at 6 points; none scores more. NOTE, ONCE and NONE will look familiar.
Keep every letter of CONTENTION but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with CO · ending in ON · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; INNOCENT and NONTONIC (10 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. CONTENTION is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONTENTION itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 140) | 115 | 140 | 100 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 25 of them: ENTOTIC, CONNIE, CONNE, NONETTI, NONETTO, CITO, COIT, COTT, TICE, TONITE, CIT, ETTIN and 13 more. Words With Friends* skips 15 of them: NONTONIC, INCENT, NEOCON, NEONIC, ONCET, TOCO, TOONIE, ECO, TEC, TENNO, NONI, TEIN and 3 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of CONTENTION and one more.