Unscramble contest

Unscramble CONTEST to get 117 words. CONTEST itself is a real word: 9 points on a Scrabble board, 11 in Words With Friends. It has 7 letters, 2 vowels and 5 consonants. CONTEST as a single 7-tile play makes 59 in Scrabble, 9 plus the 50 bonus, and 46 in Words With Friends (11 + 35).

Looking for tentsoc, totescn, sectnot, snotetc, ttonesc, cottnes, tonesct, constte, cotsent or ottnsec? They use the same letters as CONTEST, so the words on this page are their answers too.

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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.

Possible Words From contest

By length, the words from CONTEST split into 1 with 7 letters, 5 with 6, 26 with 5, 45 with 4, 28 with 3 and 12 with 2.

7 Letter Words You Can Make with contest

6 Letter Words You Can Make with contest

Among the 6-letter words in CONTEST, CENTOS, CONTES and OCTETS tie for first at 8 points.

5 Letter Words You Can Make with contest

Among 26 5-letter words made with CONTEST letters, the top score is 7, reached by 16. NOTES, STONE and TONES are the familiar ones.

4 Letter Words You Can Make with contest

16 of 45 4-letter words you get when you unscramble CONTEST tie at 6 points; none scores more. NOTE, COST and TEST will look familiar.

3 Letter Words You Can Make with contest

28 3-letter words from CONTEST; 8 of them share the top score of 5. NOT, ONE and SET are everyday picks.

2 Letter Words You Can Make with contest

The 2-letter words from CONTEST come to 12, each scoring 2 points. ON, NO and SO are the familiar ones.

CONTEST With One Letter Changed

Keep every letter of CONTEST but one, change that one, and you get:

More 7-letter words: starting with CO · ending in ST · all 7-letter words

Meanings of the Strongest CONTEST Answers

CONTEST first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.

Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends

CONTEST 9 · 11
to compete for
CENTOS 8 · 10
a literary work made up of parts from other works
CONTES 8 · 10
a short story
OCTETS 8 · 9
a group of eight
CENTO 7 · 9
a literary work made up of parts from other works
CENTS 7 · 9
one hundredth of a dollar
CONES 7 · 9
to shape into a round, pointed shape
CONTE 7 · 9
a short story

Can You Play CONTEST in Scrabble and Words With Friends?

Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CONTEST, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.

GameScrabble USScrabble UKWords With Friends*
CONTEST itselfYesYesYes
Answers accepted (of 117)9911788

* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.

18 of the 117 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: COSTE, COTTS, ESTOC, ONCES, SONCE, CENS, COSE, COTT, OSTENT, SECO, TOCS, TOC and 6 more. 11 of the 117 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ONCET, ECOS, TECS, ECO, SOC, STENT, TEC, STOT, EST, TES and TE.

Add a Letter to CONTEST

These 9 words take every letter of CONTEST plus a single extra one.

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