Unscramble CONTRADANCES to get 389 words. CONTRADANCES itself is a real word: 17 points on a Scrabble board, 21 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, CONTRADANCE leads with 16 points. The 12 letters split into 4 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from CONTRADANCES by length: 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 11, 13 with 9, 44 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 30 with 2. None has 10 letters.
CONTRADANCE is the only one of the 11-letter words in CONTRADANCES; it scores 16 points.
ACCOASTED, ACCORDANT and ARCSECOND are the top 9-letter words made with CONTRADANCES letters, 14 points each. TRANSCEND and ASCENDANT will look familiar.
Of the 44 8-letter words you get when you unscramble CONTRADANCES, 4 score 13 points, the group's best. CONCERNS, CONCERTS and CONNECTS are the ones most people know.
60 7-letter words from CONTRADANCES; 7 of them share the top score of 12. CONNECT, CONCERN and CONCERT are everyday picks.
Among 60 6-letter words made with CONTRADANCES letters, the top score is 11, reached by 4. CANCER, SOCCER and ARCADE are the familiar ones.
CODEC tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CONTRADANCES at 10 points; next come ACCAS and CACAO on 9. CARDS, DANCE and CODES will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words from CONTRADANCES, 6 score 8 points, the group's best. CODE, CASE and CARE are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words in CONTRADANCES, CAD, COD and DOC tie for first at 6 points. CAN, CAR and END are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of CONTRADANCES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with CO · ending in ES · all 12-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by ACCORDANT (14 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: CONTRADANCES is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONTRADANCES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 389) | 308 | 389 | 278 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CONTRADANCES, CONTRADANCE, ACCOASTED, ARCSECOND, CARCASED, CONACRED, ACCENDS, ADNASCENT, CONACRES, ACCEND, ACCOAST, ASCONCE and 69 more, 81 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: NONSACRED, NOTECARDS, TRANSCODE, DRACENAS, NOTECARD, ACORNED, ASCARED, CARDONS, DACRONS, DRACENA, CANOERS, CARDON and 18 more, 30 in all.