Possible Words From contain
Counting the words from CONTAIN by length: 3 with 7 letters, 9 with 6, 16 with 5, 31 with 4, 29 with 3 and 13 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
7 Letter Words You Can Make with contain
3 words · top score 9 (+50 for all 7 tiles) · everyday: CONTAIN
CONTAIN and 2 anagrams, CANTION and ACTINON, make up the 7-letter words in CONTAIN; each scores 9 points.
6 Letter Words You Can Make with contain
9 words · top score 8 · everyday: ACTION, NATION, CATION
7 of 9 6-letter words made with CONTAIN letters tie at 8 points; none scores more. ACTION, NATION and CATION will look familiar.
5 Letter Words You Can Make with contain
16 words · top score 7 · everyday: CANON, TONIC, ACTIN
Of the 16 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CONTAIN, 13 score 7 points, the group's best. CANON, TONIC and ACTIN are the ones most people know.
4 Letter Words You Can Make with contain
31 words · top score 6 · everyday: ANTI, ICON, COAT
31 4-letter words from CONTAIN; 16 of them share the top score of 6. ANTI, ICON and COAT are everyday picks.
3 Letter Words You Can Make with contain
29 words · top score 5 · everyday: NOT, CAN, ACT
Among 29 3-letter words made with CONTAIN letters, the top score is 5, reached by 9. NOT, CAN and ACT are the familiar ones.
2 Letter Words You Can Make with contain
13 words · top score 2 · everyday: IN, ON, IT
Every one of the 13 2-letter words you get when you unscramble CONTAIN scores 2. IN, ON and IT are everyday picks.
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Neighbor Words of CONTAIN
Keep every letter of CONTAIN but one, change that one, and you get:
- N P gives CAPTION · unscramble caption
- N G gives COATING · unscramble coating
- N F gives FACTION · unscramble faction
- N B gives BOTANIC · unscramble botanic
- N S gives ACTIONS · unscramble actions
- O E gives ANCIENT · words from ancient
More 7-letter words: starting with CO · ending in IN · all 7-letter words
What the Best CONTAIN Words Mean
The meaning of CONTAIN, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
- CONTAIN 9 · 12
- to hold within
- ACTINON 9 · 12
- an isotope of radon
- ACTION 8 · 10
- to bring a lawsuit against
- ATONIC 8 · 10
- an unaccented syllable or word
- CANNOT 8 · 11
- to be unable to
- CANTON 8 · 11
- to divide into cantons (districts)
- CATION 8 · 10
- a positively charged ion
- INCANT 8 · 11
- to utter ritually
Can You Play CONTAIN in Scrabble and Words With Friends?
Yes. CONTAIN is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the Words With Friends list.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONTAIN itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 101) | 79 | 101 | 76 |
* Lists: NWL2023, Collins CSW24, Words With Friends' own (changing) list.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CANTION, ACTON, CONIA, ATOC, CANN, CITO, COIT, OCTA, CIT, NOINT, TOC, ANNO and 10 more, 22 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: NANO, NONI and TIAN, 3 in all.
Unscramble CONTAIN and you have 101 words, CONTAIN itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. CONTAIN has 2 anagrams here, ACTINON and CANTION, scoring 9 like CONTAIN itself. Among the shorter answers, 7 reach 8 points, ACTION, CANTON and CATION among them. 7 letters: 3 vowels and 4 consonants. CONTAIN as a single 7-tile play makes 59 in Scrabble, 9 plus the 50 bonus, and 47 in Words With Friends (12 + 35).
One Extra Tile and CONTAIN Grows
With one more tile, the letters of CONTAIN spell the words below.