300 words come out when you unscramble CONTINUATE, starting with CONTINUATE itself: 12 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 10: 9 of them, CONTINUE, CONTINUA and TACONITE included. It has 10 letters, 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from CONTINUATE by length: 1 with 10 letters, 11 with 8, 24 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2. None has 9 letters.
19 of 24 7-letter words made with CONTINUATE letters tie at 9 points; none scores more. CONTENT, AUCTION and CONTAIN will look familiar.
60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble CONTINUATE; 44 of them share the top score of 8. ACTION, NOTICE and NATION are everyday picks.
45 of 60 5-letter words from CONTINUATE tie at 7 points; none scores more. CANON, COUNT and OCEAN will look familiar.
60 4-letter words made with CONTINUATE letters; 38 of them share the top score of 6. ONCE, AUTO and NICE are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble CONTINUATE, the top score is 5, reached by 16. NOT, CAN and ONE are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of CONTINUATE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with CO · ending in TE · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; CONTINUA, CONTINUE, COTENANT, COUNTIAN, ENACTION, TACONITE, TUNICATE and UNCINATE (10 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CONTINUATE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONTINUATE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 300) | 231 | 299 | 217 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TOUCANET, ANNICUT, ANOETIC, ATTONCE, CANTION, ENTOTIC, ANETIC, ANICUT, CONNIE, CUTTOE, ECONUT, EUCAIN and 55 more, 67 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ENACTION, CENTAI, INCENT, NEONIC, CENTU, CUNIT, ONCET, UNICA, ECO, NATTO, OUTIE, OUTTA and 4 more, 16 in all. Not in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: NANCE. Not in Scrabble US: CUNT.
Each word below uses all the letters of CONTINUATE and one more.