Unscramble CONTRIVEMENT and you have 368 words, CONTRIVEMENT itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. The 12 letters split into 4 vowels and 8 consonants.
C34O1N12T1R1I1V45E1M34E1N12T1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from CONTRIVEMENT by length: 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 10, 7 with 9, 37 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2. None has 11 letters.
Just 1 of the 10-letter words made with CONTRIVEMENT letters: CONVERTITE, for 15 points.
Among 37 8-letter words you get when you unscramble CONTRIVEMENT, the top score is 13, reached by 12. INTERNET, OVERTIME and INVENTOR are the familiar ones.
VICOMTE tops the 7-letter words from CONTRIVEMENT at 14 points; next come CERVINE and CONNIVE on 12. CONTENT, MENTION and CONVERT will look familiar.
Among 60 6-letter words from CONTRIVEMENT, the top score is 11, reached by 14. CENTER, CENTRE and INCOME are the familiar ones.
60 5-letter words in CONTRIVEMENT; 15 of them share the top score of 10. MOVIE, NEVER and EVENT are everyday picks.
6 of 60 4-letter words made with CONTRIVEMENT letters tie at 9 points; none scores more. OVER, EVEN and COME will look familiar.
VIM and VOM share the top score of 8 among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble CONTRIVEMENT. NOT, MEN and NET are the ones most people know.
These 2 words have the length of CONTRIVEMENT, with one letter different:
More 12-letter words: starting with CO · ending in NT · all 12-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; VICOMTE (14 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
CONTRIVEMENT is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONTRIVEMENT itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 368) | 286 | 367 | 266 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CONTRIVEMENT, CONVERTITE, VIREMENT, MINEVER, COVENT, ENMOVE, ENTOMIC, MECONIN, NOVERINT, CONMEN, CRIMEN, EMOVE and 69 more, 81 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: COVINE, MIOCENE, CORNETTI, TENORMEN, CORNETT, ENVIRO, IRONMEN, MONIC, VETTER, INTERNET, MERC, MIC and 8 more, 20 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: VON.
This word takes every letter of CONTRIVEMENT plus a single extra one.