Unscramble CONTRARIOUS to get 379 words. CONTRARIOUS itself is a real word: 13 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is OCTONARIUS, 12 points. It has 11 letters, 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from CONTRARIOUS by length: 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 11 with 9, 38 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 28 with 2.
There is a single one of the 10-letter words in CONTRARIOUS: OCTONARIUS, 12 points.
Among 38 8-letter words from CONTRARIOUS, the top score is 10, reached by 32. AUCTIONS, CARTOONS and CURTAINS are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble CONTRARIOUS score 9 points. AUCTION, ACTIONS and CARTOON are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 6-letter words from CONTRARIOUS scores 8. ACTION, CASINO and COURTS are everyday picks.
The 5-letter words in CONTRARIOUS come to 60, each scoring 7 points. COURT, COAST and COUNT are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 4-letter words made with CONTRARIOUS letters score 6 points. COST, CART and CARS are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble CONTRARIOUS; 24 of them share the top score of 5. NOT, CAN and ITS are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of CONTRARIOUS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with CO · ending in US · all 11-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; ATROCIOUS, CARROTINS, COURANTOS, CURATIONS and SONICATOR (11 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. CONTRARIOUS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONTRARIOUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 379) | 291 | 379 | 263 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 87 of them: OCTONARIUS, NOCTURIAS, ANTICOUS, CONTRAIR, CURSITOR, NOCTURIA, SATURNIC, TURACINS, AIRCONS, ANICUTS, CORIOUS, CORNIST and 75 more. Words With Friends* skips 29 of them: CURATIONS, SONICATOR, CANTORIS, CORTINAS, CROSTINO, CURATION, CORTINA, CUATROS, RACINOS, URINATORS, CAURIS, CUATRO and 17 more. Scrabble US skips 1 of them: CUNT.
Each word below uses all the letters of CONTRARIOUS and one more.