Unscramble contrives

Unscramble CONTRIVES and you have 326 words, CONTRIVES itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.

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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.

Possible Words From contrives

Counting the words from CONTRIVES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 10 with 8, 53 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.

9 Letter Words You Can Make with contrives

8 Letter Words You Can Make with contrives

Of the 10 8-letter words made with CONTRIVES letters, 5 score 13 points, the group's best. INVESTOR and CONVERTS are the ones most people know.

5 Letter Words You Can Make with contrives

11 of 60 5-letter words from CONTRIVES tie at 10 points; none scores more. COVER, VOICE and VOTES will look familiar.

4 Letter Words You Can Make with contrives

CIVE, COVE and VICE share the top score of 9 among the 4-letter words from CONTRIVES. OVER, COST and VOTE are the ones most people know.

3 Letter Words You Can Make with contrives

Among 60 3-letter words in CONTRIVES, the top score is 6, reached by 11. NOT, ONE and ITS are the familiar ones.

2 Letter Words You Can Make with contrives

Every one of the 22 2-letter words made with CONTRIVES letters scores 2. IN, IS and ON are everyday picks.

CONTRIVES With One Letter Changed

Trade one tile of CONTRIVES for another and you can spell these 6 words:

More 9-letter words: starting with CO · ending in ES · all 9-letter words

Definitions for the Top CONTRIVES Plays

CONTRIVES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.

Scrabble · Words With Friends points

CONTRIVES 14 · 17
to devise
COINVEST 13 · 16
to invest jointly
CONTRIVE 13 · 16
to devise
CONVERTS 13 · 16
to change into another form
EVICTORS 13 · 15
one that evicts
VORTICES 13 · 15
a whirling mass of fluid
CONVERT 12 · 15
to change into another form
CORVETS 12 · 14
a small, swift warship

Is CONTRIVES Playable in Scrabble and Words With Friends?

Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CONTRIVES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.

GameScrabble USScrabble UKWords With Friends*
CONTRIVES itselfYesYesYes
Answers accepted (of 326)259325237

* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.

66 of the 326 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CORSIVE, COVENTS, CRIVENS, COVENT, CIVES, RECTIONS, TORSIVE, CIVE, CONSTER, CORNIST, CORSITE, CRESTON and 54 more. 22 of the 326 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: COINVEST, COVINES, COVINE, ENVIROS, CRETONS, ENVIRO, RETCONS, VERSIN, CERTS, VINS, CERT, CORS and 10 more. 1 of the 326 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: VON.

Add a Letter to CONTRIVES

These 8 words take every letter of CONTRIVES plus a single extra one.

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