Unscramble CONTIGUOUS and you have 260 words, CONTIGUOUS itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, SCOUTING and SCOOTING lead with 11 points. The 10 letters split into 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from CONTIGUOUS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 8, 16 with 7, 38 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2. None has 9 letters.
38 6-letter words you get when you unscramble CONTIGUOUS; 10 of them share the top score of 9. COUNTS, COUSIN and OUTING are everyday picks.
Of the 60 5-letter words from CONTIGUOUS, 7 score 8 points, the group's best. USING, COUNT and COINS are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words made with CONTIGUOUS letters; 4 of them share the top score of 7. SIGN, COST and SONG are everyday picks.
The 3-letter words you get when you unscramble CONTIGUOUS are led by CIG and COG, 6 points each. NOT, OUT and ITS are the familiar ones.
These 4 words have the length of CONTIGUOUS, with one letter different:
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Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; SCOOTING and SCOUTING (11 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CONTIGUOUS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONTIGUOUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 260) | 194 | 260 | 180 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: COOINGS, SOUCING, COSING, COOSIN, INCUTS, ONCOST, SCOOG, SCOUG, COITS, COOST, CUITS, GIUSTO and 52 more, 64 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CUNITS, CIGS, CUNIT, TOCOS, CIG, TOCO, NUGS, NUTSO, SOC, GIS, GOS, NUG and 4 more, 16 in all. Not in Scrabble US: CUNTS and CUNT, 2 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of CONTIGUOUS and one more.