Unscramble CONTINENTAL and you have 311 words, CONTINENTAL itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are CONTINENT, CANNELONI and OCTENNIAL, 11 points each. The 11 letters split into 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from CONTINENTAL split into 1 with 11 letters, 3 with 9, 9 with 8, 33 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2. None has 10 letters.
26 of 33 7-letter words from CONTINENTAL tie at 9 points; none scores more. CONTENT, CONTAIN and ANCIENT will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble CONTINENTAL, 54 score 8 points, the group's best. ACTION, NOTICE and CLIENT are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words made with CONTINENTAL letters; 56 of them share the top score of 7. CLEAN, CANON and ALONE are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble CONTINENTAL, the top score is 6, reached by 54. ONCE, NICE and ICON are the familiar ones.
60 3-letter words from CONTINENTAL; 18 of them share the top score of 5. NOT, CAN and ONE are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of CONTINENTAL for another and you can spell these 5 words:
More 11-letter words: starting with CO · ending in AL · all 11-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with OCTENNIAL (11 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CONTINENTAL, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONTINENTAL itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 311) | 257 | 310 | 240 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
53 of the 311 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CANNELONI, CONTLINE, ANOETIC, ATTONCE, CANTION, CANTLET, COLETIT, ENTOTIC, ANCILE, ANETIC, CONNIE, NEANIC and 41 more. 18 of the 311 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: OCTENNIAL, ENACTION, ALTCOIN, CENTAI, COLTAN, INCENT, NEONIC, INCEL, LOCIE, ONCET, TELCO, CLIT and 6 more. 1 of the 311 answers is missing from Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: NANCE.
Each word below uses all the letters of CONTINENTAL and one more.