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.
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.
53 7-letter words in CONTRIVES; 14 of them share the top score of 12. VERSION, SECTION and NOTICES are everyday picks.
Among 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble CONTRIVES, the top score is 11, reached by 17. COVERS, EROTIC and VECTOR are the familiar ones.
11 of 60 5-letter words from CONTRIVES tie at 10 points; none scores more. COVER, VOICE and VOTES will look familiar.
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.
Among 60 3-letter words in CONTRIVES, the top score is 6, reached by 11. NOT, ONE and ITS are the familiar ones.
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
CONTRIVES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CONTRIVES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONTRIVES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 326) | 259 | 325 | 237 |
* 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.
These 8 words take every letter of CONTRIVES plus a single extra one.