312 words come out when you unscramble CONTRIBUTE, starting with CONTRIBUTE itself: 14 in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is BOUNCIER, 12 points. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from CONTRIBUTE split into 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 12 with 8, 33 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
BUTTONIER is the only one of the 9-letter words in CONTRIBUTE; it scores 11 points.
5 of 33 7-letter words you get when you unscramble CONTRIBUTE tie at 11 points; none scores more. COUNTER, ROUTINE and TRIBUNE will look familiar.
Among 60 6-letter words from CONTRIBUTE, the top score is 10, reached by 8. NOTICE, BUTTON and EROTIC are the familiar ones.
9 of 60 5-letter words made with CONTRIBUTE letters tie at 9 points; none scores more. COURT, COUNT and BORNE will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble CONTRIBUTE, 4 score 8 points, the group's best. BORN, CORE and CENT are the ones most people know.
The 3-letter words from CONTRIBUTE are led by COB and CUB, 7 points each. NOT, BUT and ONE are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of CONTRIBUTE 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; BOUNCIER (12 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
CONTRIBUTE works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONTRIBUTE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 312) | 240 | 311 | 220 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BUTTONIER, RUBICON, BITTOUR, BOTTINE, BUNCE, BUNTIER, CORBE, COURB, CUTTIER, ENTOTIC, NOURICE, RECTION and 59 more, 71 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BRUCITE, CORNETTI, BONCE, CORNETT, BOTNET, CONURE, CROUTE, OUNCER, RETCON, BENTO, BINER, CENTU and 9 more, 21 in all. Not in Scrabble UK: BINT. Not in Scrabble US: CUNT.
Each word below uses all the letters of CONTRIBUTE and one more.