Unscramble COUNTERMINE and you have 364 words, COUNTERMINE itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. COUNTERMEN is the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. It has 11 letters, 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from COUNTERMINE by length: 1 with 11 letters, 2 with 10, 10 with 9, 22 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 29 with 2.
Among the 10-letter words made with COUNTERMINE letters, COUNTERMEN leads with 14 points, then RECONTINUE on 12.
The 8-letter words you get when you unscramble COUNTERMINE are led by INTERCOM, METEORIC and NONCRIME, 12 points each. CONTINUE, ERECTION and NEUTRINO are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 7-letter words from COUNTERMINE, 13 score 11 points, the group's best. COUNTER, MENTION and ROUTINE are the ones most people know.
24 of 60 6-letter words in COUNTERMINE tie at 10 points; none scores more. CENTER, CENTRE and INCOME will look familiar.
60 5-letter words made with COUNTERMINE letters; 15 of them share the top score of 9. COURT, CRIME and COUNT are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble COUNTERMINE, the top score is 8, reached by 8. ITEM, COME and MEET are the familiar ones.
CUM, MIC and MOC are the top 3-letter words from COUNTERMINE, 7 points each. MEN, NET and INN will look familiar.
Keep every letter of COUNTERMINE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with CO · ending in NE · all 11-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CONTEMNER and NONMETRIC (13 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept COUNTERMINE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| COUNTERMINE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 364) | 285 | 364 | 263 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
78 of the 364 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EMUNCTION, RECONTINUE, ENTOMIC, MECONIN, MINCEUR, CONMEN, CRIMEN, CRUMEN, EREMIC, INCENTRE, NINCOM, NINCUM and 66 more. 23 of the 364 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: MIOCENE, TENORMEN, UNICOM, IRONMEN, MONIC, CONURE, CROUTE, INCENT, MERC, CENTU, CUNIT, MENTO and 11 more. 1 of the 364 answers is missing from Scrabble US: CUNT.
These 3 words take every letter of COUNTERMINE plus a single extra one.