Unscramble CONTRAPLEX and you have 300 words, CONTRAPLEX itself among them: it scores 21 in Scrabble and 25 in Words With Friends. 10 letters: 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
C34O1N12T1R1A1P34L12E1X8
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from CONTRAPLEX by length: 1 with 10 letters, 5 with 8, 25 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 29 with 2. None has 9 letters.
Among the 7-letter words made with CONTRAPLEX letters, EXOCARP leads with 18 points, then EXACTOR and EXPLANT on 16. CENTRAL, PLANTER and CORNEAL are the familiar ones.
8 of 60 6-letter words from CONTRAPLEX tie at 15 points; none scores more. EXPORT, ORACLE and LOCATE will look familiar.
The best of the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CONTRAPLEX is CAPEX, 16 points; CAREX and CAXON on 14 follow. PLACE, EXTRA and EXACT are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words from CONTRAPLEX, the top score is 13, reached by 7. NEXT, CARE and CART are the familiar ones.
COX, PAX and POX are the top 3-letter words in CONTRAPLEX, 12 points each. CAN, CAR and TAX will look familiar.
Keep every letter of CONTRAPLEX but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with CO · ending in X · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by EXOCARP (18 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
CONTRAPLEX is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONTRAPLEX itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 300) | 260 | 300 | 241 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 40 of them: CONTRAPLEX, CAPEX, CAXON, NOXAL, RETOX, TAXOR, CLAPNET, LANX, POLACRE, PROCTAL, CATNEP, CRAPLE and 28 more. Words With Friends* skips 19 of them: PLEX, TAXOL, NOPLACE, OXER, PATONCE, CAPOT, CROTALE, CANOER, COLTAN, PERC, ACRO, CERT and 7 more.