Unscramble CONTRIVANCE to get 368 words. CONTRIVANCE itself is a real word: 18 points on a Scrabble board, 23 in Words With Friends. CONVINCER and RECONVICT are the best of the shorter words, at 16 points. 11 letters: 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from CONTRIVANCE by length: 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 10 with 9, 32 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
CONCERTINA is the only one of the 10-letter words in CONTRIVANCE; it scores 14 points.
Among the 8-letter words from CONTRIVANCE, CAVICORN, COACTIVE and CONVINCE tie for first at 15 points. CREATION, REACTION and COVENANT are everyday picks.
Among 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble CONTRIVANCE, the top score is 14, reached by 4. CERTAIN, CONNECT and CONTAIN are the familiar ones.
18 of 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble CONTRIVANCE tie at 11 points; none scores more. ACTION, ACTIVE and CANCER will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words from CONTRIVANCE, 16 score 10 points, the group's best. COVER, VOICE and ACTOR are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words in CONTRIVANCE; 4 of them share the top score of 9. OVER, CARE and CART are everyday picks.
VAC scores highest among the 3-letter words made with CONTRIVANCE letters at 8 points, ahead of AVE and AVO on 6. ARE, CAN and CAR are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of CONTRIVANCE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with CO · ending in CE · all 11-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; CONVINCER and RECONVICT (16 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. CONTRIVANCE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONTRIVANCE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 368) | 300 | 367 | 282 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 67 of them: CANCRINE, CANTICO, CAVIER, CONACRE, COVENT, CREATIC, INCAVE, INCAVO, NARCOTINE, NOVERINT, ACCITE, CATCON and 55 more. Words With Friends* skips 18 of them: NONACTIVE, COVINE, ACTIONER, ENACTION, OCICAT, VAREC, CORTINA, ENVIRO, NOVATE, TACRINE, ACRO, NAV and 6 more. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: VON.
This word takes every letter of CONTRIVANCE plus a single extra one.