543 words come out when you unscramble COUNTERVAILING, starting with COUNTERVAILING itself: 20 in Scrabble, 27 in Words With Friends. The 14 letters split into 6 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from COUNTERVAILING split into 1 with 14 letters, 1 with 13, 4 with 12, 18 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 39 with 2.
There is a single one of the 13-letter words in COUNTERVAILING: REINOCULATING, 16 points.
The best of the 12-letter words made with COUNTERVAILING letters is REVICTUALING, 18 points; GENICULATION and RECAUTIONING on 15 follow.
The 11-letter words you get when you unscramble COUNTERVAILING are led by INCURVATING and OUTCAVILING, 17 points each.
8 of 60 10-letter words from COUNTERVAILING tie at 16 points; none scores more. REGULATION, CONVERTING and CONGENITAL will look familiar.
Of the 60 9-letter words from COUNTERVAILING, 15 score 15 points, the group's best. TRAVELING, COGNITIVE and VIOLATING are the ones most people know.
Among 60 8-letter words in COUNTERVAILING, the top score is 14, reached by 11. VERTICAL, COVERING and COVENANT are the familiar ones.
60 7-letter words made with COUNTERVAILING letters; 7 of them share the top score of 13. LEAVING, CONVERT and INVOICE are everyday picks.
CAVING, COVING and VICING are the top 6-letter words you get when you unscramble COUNTERVAILING, 12 points each. LIVING, ACTIVE and VECTOR will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words from COUNTERVAILING, 28 score 10 points, the group's best. GIVEN, COVER and VOICE are the ones most people know.
4 of 60 4-letter words in COUNTERVAILING tie at 9 points; none scores more. OVER, LOVE and LIVE will look familiar.
VAC scores highest among the 3-letter words made with COUNTERVAILING letters at 8 points, ahead of GOV and GUV on 7. CAN, CAR and ACT are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of COUNTERVAILING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 14-letter words: starting with CO · ending in NG · all 14-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by REVICTUALING (18 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
COUNTERVAILING works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| COUNTERVAILING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 543) | 426 | 541 | 390 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: UNACTIVING, ARVICOLINE, CALVERING, CORVETING, EVOCATING, GENICULATION, VULNERATING, CLAVIGER, CURVATION, ENCAVING, ENVAULTING, INCAVING and 104 more, 116 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CULVERTING, ENCLAVING, RECAUTIONING, REVIOLATING, NONACTIVE, NOVICIATE, UNRIVETING, VULCANITE, GRAVITINO, VINCULAR, VIRGULATE, ACTIONING and 23 more, 35 in all. Not in Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: INTERVALIC. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: VON.