275 words come out when you unscramble CONTRIBUTORY, starting with CONTRIBUTORY itself: 19 in Scrabble, 22 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is CONTRIBUTOR, 15 points. The 12 letters split into 4 vowels and 8 consonants.
C34O1N12T1R1I1B34U12T1O1R1Y43
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from CONTRIBUTORY by length: 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 11, 2 with 8, 25 with 7, 43 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2. None has 10 or 9 letters.
Just 1 of the 11-letter words made with CONTRIBUTORY letters: CONTRIBUTOR, for 15 points.
Among the 7-letter words from CONTRIBUTORY, BOYCOTT and BUTYRIC tie for first at 14 points. COUNTRY, CONTOUR and ROBOTIC are everyday picks.
BOUNCY scores highest among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble CONTRIBUTORY at 13 points, ahead of BOUNTY and BRIONY on 11. COUNTY, BUTTON and COTTON are the ones most people know.
CORBY tops the 5-letter words in CONTRIBUTORY at 12 points; next come BITTY and BOOTY on 10. COURT, COUNT and UNITY will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with CONTRIBUTORY letters, 12 score 9 points, the group's best. CITY, BORN and BOOT are the ones most people know.
6 of 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble CONTRIBUTORY tie at 8 points; none scores more. NOT, BUT and BUY will look familiar.
Keep every letter of CONTRIBUTORY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with CO · ending in RY · all 12-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by BOYCOTT and BUTYRIC (14 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CONTRIBUTORY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONTRIBUTORY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 275) | 222 | 274 | 210 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 53 of them: BOTTONY, BOOTCUT, COONTY, ORBITY, ROUNCY, RUBICON, BOTTY, BUNTY, CURNY, BITTOUR, COURB, RICY and 41 more. Words With Friends* skips 12 of them: OUTCITY, UROBORIC, CROONY, CUNIT, TIYN, TYIN, BIRO, RYU, TOUTON, TURION, CRU and OI. Scrabble UK skips 1 of them: BINT.