Unscramble CONTESTABLY to get 360 words. CONTESTABLY itself is a real word: 18 points on a Scrabble board, 21 in Words With Friends. It has 11 letters, 3 vowels and 8 consonants.
C34O1N12T1E1S1T1A1B34L12Y43
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from CONTESTABLY split into 1 with 11 letters, 8 with 9, 16 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 35 with 2. None has 10 letters.
Of the 16 8-letter words made with CONTESTABLY letters, 6 score 13 points, the group's best. OBSTACLE is the one most people know.
The best of the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble CONTESTABLY is BALCONY, 14 points; ACETYLS and ACOLYTE on 12 follow. CONTEST, BOTTLES and NOTABLE are everyday picks.
COLBYS scores highest among the 6-letter words from CONTESTABLY at 13 points, ahead of ACETYL and BAETYL on 11. CABLES, COSTLY and BEACON are the ones most people know.
The best of the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CONTESTABLY is COLBY, 12 points; ABSEY and ABYES on 10 follow. CABLE, BYTES and EBONY are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words from CONTESTABLY, 35 score 9 points, the group's best. ONLY, EASY and BOYS are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words in CONTESTABLY; 10 of them share the top score of 8. ANY, YES and SAY are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of CONTESTABLY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with CO · ending in LY · all 11-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with BALCONY (14 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts CONTESTABLY, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONTESTABLY itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 360) | 259 | 360 | 238 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
101 of the 360 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CONTESTABLY, CATOLYTES, OCTASTYLE, BALCONETS, CATOLYTE, BAETYLS, BALCONET, BYLANES, COTYLAE, COTYLES, CYANOSE, SCYTALE and 89 more. 21 of the 360 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CLAYSTONE, COLBYS, ECTOBLAST, COLBY, BAYEST, ENTOBLAST, BONCES, SYCON, TALCY, BANCS, BONCE, BOTNETS and 9 more.