Unscramble CONTESTANTS to get 318 words. CONTESTANTS itself is a real word: 13 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, CONTESTANT leads with 12 points. The 11 letters split into 3 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from CONTESTANTS by length: 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 5 with 9, 13 with 8, 39 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2.
CONTESTANT is the only one of the 10-letter words in CONTESTANTS; it scores 12 points.
22 of 39 7-letter words you get when you unscramble CONTESTANTS tie at 9 points; none scores more. CONTENT, CONSENT and CONTEST will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble CONTESTANTS, 50 score 8 points, the group's best. OCEANS, STANCE and ASCENT are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 5-letter words from CONTESTANTS scores 7. COSTS, CASES and COAST are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words in CONTESTANTS, the top score is 6, reached by 46. CASE, COST and EAST are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 3-letter words made with CONTESTANTS letters, 14 score 5 points, the group's best. NOT, CAN and ONE are the ones most people know.
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; COATTESTS, CONSTANTS and COTENANTS (11 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CONTESTANTS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONTESTANTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 318) | 244 | 316 | 226 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
72 of the 318 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CONSTATES, STONECAST, CONSTATE, COSTEANS, ATTONCE, CANTEST, CASSONE, COSTEAN, NOCENTS, OCTETTS, SCEATTS, ACTONS and 60 more. 20 of the 318 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CONTESSA, ASCONS, CENTAS, ASCON, ONCET, SOCAS, SOCES, STETSON, ECOS, NATTOS, SOCA, TECS and 8 more. 2 of the 318 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: NANCES and NANCE.