609 words come out when you unscramble COUNTERSTAINING, starting with COUNTERSTAINING itself: 18 in Scrabble, 24 in Words With Friends. 15 letters: 6 vowels and 9 consonants.
C34O1U12N12T1E1R1S1T1A1I1N12I1N12G23
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from COUNTERSTAINING split into 1 with 15 letters, 4 with 13, 22 with 12, 60 with 11, 60 with 10, 60 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 42 with 2. None has 14 letters.
The best of the 13-letter words in COUNTERSTAINING is CONSTERNATING, 16 points; CENTURIATIONS and RENUNCIATIONS on 15 follow.
6 of 22 12-letter words made with COUNTERSTAINING letters tie at 15 points; none scores more. INTERACTIONS will look familiar.
60 11-letter words you get when you unscramble COUNTERSTAINING; 23 of them share the top score of 14. INTEGRATION, INSTRUCTION and INTERACTION are everyday picks.
The 10-letter words from COUNTERSTAINING come to 60, each scoring 13 points. INCREASING, CONTAINING and CONTINUING are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 9-letter words you get when you unscramble COUNTERSTAINING score 12 points. IGNORANCE and INORGANIC are the ones most people know.
The 8-letter words from COUNTERSTAINING come to 60, each scoring 11 points. CREATING, CATERING and COUNTING are the familiar ones.
Every one of the 60 7-letter words in COUNTERSTAINING scores 10. CUTTING, CAUSING and COTTAGE are everyday picks.
Among 60 6-letter words made with COUNTERSTAINING letters, the top score is 9, reached by 56. RACING, ACTING and CARING are the familiar ones.
28 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble COUNTERSTAINING tie at 8 points; none scores more. CANON, GRACE and ACTOR will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words from COUNTERSTAINING, 11 score 7 points, the group's best. CASE, CARE and CART are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words in COUNTERSTAINING, CAG, CIG and COG tie for first at 6 points. CAN, GET and CAR are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of COUNTERSTAINING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 15-letter words: starting with CO · ending in NG · all 15-letter words
Short meanings for the 6 highest-scoring answers, starting with NONSTRATEGIC, RECAUTIONING and RENUNCIATIONS (15 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept COUNTERSTAINING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| COUNTERSTAINING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 609) | 482 | 608 | 433 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
127 of the 609 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CENTURIATIONS, ENCURTAINING, RECONTINUING, CANISTERING, CANTONISING, CENTURIATION, CONTRISTING, INCOGNISANT, RECOGNISANT, TRUNCATINGS, CATEGORIST, CAUTIONRIES and 115 more. 48 of the 609 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: RECAUTIONING, CAUTERISING, NARCOTISING, NECROTISING, OUTCASTEING, AUTOGENICS, INORGANICS, INSOURCING, OUTCASTING, RESTATIONING, RETCONNING, TROUNCINGS and 36 more. 1 of the 609 answers is missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: RENUNCIANTS.