Unscramble CONTRAVENING and you have 419 words, CONTRAVENING itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. 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.
Counting the words from CONTRAVENING by length: 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 11, 7 with 10, 27 with 9, 56 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2.
Just 1 of the 11-letter words in CONTRAVENING: COVENANTING, for 17 points.
CONVENTING, CONVERTING and OVERACTING are the top 10-letter words made with CONTRAVENING letters, 16 points each. RENOVATING will look familiar.
Of the 27 9-letter words from CONTRAVENING, 7 score 15 points, the group's best. CONTAINER and IGNORANCE are the ones most people know.
Among the 8-letter words you get when you unscramble CONTRAVENING, COVERING, COVETING and ENCAVING tie for first at 14 points. CREATING, CREATION and REACTION are everyday picks.
CARVING, CRAVING and VEGANIC are the top 7-letter words made with CONTRAVENING letters, 13 points each. VINTAGE, ORGANIC and ANCIENT will look familiar.
CAVING and COVING share the top score of 12 among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble CONTRAVENING. ACTIVE, NATIVE and VOTING are the ones most people know.
Among 60 5-letter words from CONTRAVENING, the top score is 10, reached by 16. GIVEN, COVER and VOICE are the familiar ones.
4 of 60 4-letter words in CONTRAVENING tie at 9 points; none scores more. OVER, GIVE and VOTE will look familiar.
VAC scores highest among the 3-letter words made with CONTRAVENING letters at 8 points, ahead of GOV and VAG on 7. CAN, GET and CAR are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of CONTRAVENING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with CO · ending in NG · all 12-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; COVENANTING (17 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CONTRAVENING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONTRAVENING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 419) | 344 | 418 | 317 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
74 of the 419 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CORVETING, EVOCATING, ENCAVING, AVENTRING, VEGANIC, NEGOCIANT, TAVERING, VENTRING, CANNONIER, CAVIER, CITRANGE, COVENT and 62 more. 27 of the 419 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: NONACTIVE, RETCONNING, NONTRAGIC, NOVATING, RECOATING, RECONNING, COVINE, ACTIONER, COTINGA, ENACTION, VAREC, VIRGAE and 15 more. 1 of the 419 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: VON.