Unscramble CONTROVERSIAL to get 495 words. CONTROVERSIAL itself is a real word: 18 points on a Scrabble board, 22 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are CONSERVATOR, REVOCATIONS and OVERACTIONS, 16 points each. The 13 letters split into 5 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from CONTROVERSIAL by length: 1 with 13 letters, 1 with 12, 8 with 11, 28 with 10, 60 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 37 with 2.
Just 1 of the 12-letter words in CONTROVERSIAL: CORRELATIONS, for 14 points.
Among the 11-letter words made with CONTROVERSIAL letters, CONSERVATOR, OVERACTIONS and REVOCATIONS tie for first at 16 points. CORRELATION and RELOCATIONS are everyday picks.
Among 28 10-letter words from CONTROVERSIAL, the top score is 15, reached by 9. RELOCATION and REVOCATION are the familiar ones.
60 9-letter words you get when you unscramble CONTROVERSIAL; 29 of them share the top score of 14. INTERVALS, COASTLINE and VOLCANOES are everyday picks.
41 of 60 8-letter words made with CONTROVERSIAL letters tie at 13 points; none scores more. INVESTOR, VERTICAL and INTERVAL will look familiar.
Of the 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble CONTROVERSIAL, 54 score 12 points, the group's best. CONVERT, ARRIVES and VECTORS are the ones most people know.
The 6-letter words from CONTROVERSIAL come to 60, each scoring 11 points. ACTIVE, COVERS and VECTOR are the familiar ones.
29 of 60 5-letter words in CONTROVERSIAL tie at 10 points; none scores more. COVER, VOICE and LIVES will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words made with CONTROVERSIAL letters, the top score is 9, reached by 5. OVER, LOVE and SAVE are the familiar ones.
The best of the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble CONTROVERSIAL is VAC, 8 points; AVE and AVO on 6 follow. CAN, CAR and ACT are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of CONTROVERSIAL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 13-letter words: starting with CO · ending in AL · all 13-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; CONSERVATOR, OVERACTIONS and REVOCATIONS (16 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. CONTROVERSIAL 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONTROVERSIAL itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 495) | 404 | 494 | 364 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: INVOCATORS, ARVICOLES, INVOCATOR, VICTROLAS, VOCALIONS, VOCALISER, VOLCANISE, VOLCANIST, ARVICOLE, CALIVERS, CISTVAEN, CONIROSTRAL and 78 more, 90 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: VERSICOLOR, LOCAVORES, COINVEST, CONVERSO, CORIVALS, COVARIES, LOCAVORE, CARTOONIER, CLARIONETS, CORIVAL, COVINES, INTERCOOLS and 28 more, 40 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: VON.
This word takes every letter of CONTROVERSIAL plus a single extra one.