Unscramble CONTESTING and you have 325 words, CONTESTING itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The 10 letters split into 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from CONTESTING split into 1 with 10 letters, 5 with 9, 13 with 8, 45 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
9 of 45 7-letter words you get when you unscramble CONTESTING tie at 10 points; none scores more. SECTION, CONTENT and TESTING will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words from CONTESTING, 12 score 9 points, the group's best. NOTICE, GOTTEN and INSECT are the ones most people know.
5 of 60 5-letter words in CONTESTING tie at 8 points; none scores more. COINS, ICONS and CENTS will look familiar.
CIGS, COGS and SCOG share the top score of 7 among the 4-letter words made with CONTESTING letters. COST, ONCE and NICE are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble CONTESTING, CIG and COG tie for first at 6 points. NOT, ONE and GET are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of CONTESTING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with CO · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
The meaning of CONTESTING, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. CONTESTING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONTESTING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 325) | 241 | 325 | 213 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ESCOTTING, STEGNOTIC, CENTONIST, CENTOIST, COTTING, ONSETTING, OSTENTING, SCENING, COGIES, CONNIES, COSING, COTTISE and 72 more, 84 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: INCENTS, NEONICS, INCENT, NEONIC, TIGNONS, CIGS, ETICS, ONCET, STINGE, TIGNON, CIG, ECOS and 16 more, 28 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of CONTESTING spell the words below.