Possible Words From contains
Words from CONTAINS by length: 6 with 8 letters, 12 with 7, 30 with 6, 55 with 5, 79 with 4, 55 with 3 and 19 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
8 Letter Words You Can Make with contains
6 words · top score 10 · everyday: CONTAINS, SANCTION
CONTAINS and 5 anagrams, SONANTIC, SANCTION, CANTIONS, CANONIST and ACTINONS, make up the 8-letter words in CONTAINS; each scores 10 points.
7 Letter Words You Can Make with contains
12 words · top score 9 (+50 for all 7 tiles) · everyday: ACTIONS, NATIONS, CONTAIN
9 of 12 7-letter words made with CONTAINS letters tie at 9 points; none scores more. ACTIONS, NATIONS and CONTAIN will look familiar.
6 Letter Words You Can Make with contains
30 words · top score 8 · everyday: ACTION, CASINO, NATION
30 6-letter words you get when you unscramble CONTAINS; 22 of them share the top score of 8. ACTION, CASINO and NATION are everyday picks.
5 Letter Words You Can Make with contains
55 words · top score 7 · everyday: COAST, CANON, SAINT
Of the 55 5-letter words from CONTAINS, 35 score 7 points, the group's best. COAST, CANON and SAINT are the ones most people know.
4 Letter Words You Can Make with contains
79 words · top score 6 · everyday: COST, ANTI, ICON
79 4-letter words in CONTAINS; 34 of them share the top score of 6. COST, ANTI and ICON are everyday picks.
3 Letter Words You Can Make with contains
55 words · top score 5 · everyday: NOT, CAN, ITS
Among 55 3-letter words made with CONTAINS letters, the top score is 5, reached by 14. NOT, CAN and ITS are the familiar ones.
2 Letter Words You Can Make with contains
19 words · top score 2 · everyday: IN, IS, ON
Every one of the 19 2-letter words you get when you unscramble CONTAINS scores 2. IN, IS and ON are everyday picks.
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Neighbor Words of CONTAINS
These 6 words have the length of CONTAINS, with one letter different:
- S I gives INACTION · words from inaction
- I T gives CONSTANT · words from constant
- O E gives INSTANCE · words from instance
- N M gives MONASTIC · unscramble monastic
- C G gives ASTONING · unscramble astoning
- N B gives BOTANICS · words from botanics
More 8-letter words: starting with CO · ending in NS · all 8-letter words
What the Best CONTAINS Words Mean
The meaning of CONTAINS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
- CONTAINS 10 · 13
- to hold within
- ACTINONS 10 · 13
- an isotope of radon
- CANONIST 10 · 13
- a specialist in canon law
- SANCTION 10 · 13
- to authorize
- SONANTIC 10 · 13
- pertaining to sonants
- ACTINON 9 · 12
- an isotope of radon
- ACTIONS 9 · 11
- to bring a lawsuit against
- ATONICS 9 · 11
- an unaccented syllable or word
Can You Play CONTAINS in Scrabble and Words With Friends?
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CONTAINS, and the Words With Friends list has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONTAINS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 256) | 202 | 256 | 190 |
* NWL2023 (US), Collins CSW24 (UK); the Words With Friends list changes.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CANTIONS, CANTION, ACTONS, CONIAS, ACTON, ATOCS, CANNS, COITS, CONIA, OCTAS, ATOC, CANN and 42 more, 54 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ASCON, NANOS, NONIS, SOC, TIANS, NANO, NONI, STAN, TIAN, TOSA, ATS and SAN, 12 in all.
Unscramble CONTAINS and you have 256 words, CONTAINS itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. It has 5 anagrams, each with the same 10 points: ACTINONS, CANONIST, CANTIONS, SANCTION and SONANTIC. 9 shorter words score 9, among them ACTIONS, CONTAIN and CATIONS. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
One Extra Tile and CONTAINS Grows
Each word below uses all the letters of CONTAINS and one more.