contraries needs no unscrambling at all — the ten-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 12 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 1047 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
contraries is the highest-scoring word from contraries, worth 12 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 1047 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in contraries — and it is contraries itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 12 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling contraries turns up 9 nine-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with reactions. For points, the strongest plays are actioners, anoretics, carrotins, creations, narcotise, oratrices, reactions, and tricornes — each worth 11 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 43 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in contraries. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ancestor, creators, reaction, restrain, scenario, and trainers. For points, the strongest plays are aconites, actioner, ancestor, anoretic, canister, canoeist, cantoris, carotins, carrions, carrotin, ceratins, cisterna, cointers, corniest, cortinas, creatins, creation, creators, enactors, eroticas, erratics, noticers, reaction, reactors, resorcin, scantier, scenario, sonicate, tacrines, tricorne, and tricorns — each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in contraries produces 123 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with actions, carries, carrots, cartons, certain, coaster, and corners. For points, the strongest plays are acetins, acinose, aconite, actions, arcsine, arroces, arsenic, atonics, atresic, canoers, canters, cantors, carnets, carnies, carotin, carries, carrion, carrots, carters, cartons, cations, ceratin, certain, cineast, cirrate, cirrose, cistern, cistron, citrons, coarsen, coarser, coaster, coaters, coiners, cointer, contras, corneas, corners, cornets, cornier, corries, corsair, cortina, cortins, craters, cratons, creatin, creator, cretins, cretons, cristae, cronies, crosier, enactor, erotica, erotics, erratic, narcist, narcose, nectars, noticer, notices, octanes, oracies, orceins, orrices, raciest, racinos, rancors, reactor, recants, recoats, recoins, rectors, retcons, scanter, scarier, scoriae, scorner, section, stearic, tacrine, tanrecs, tracers, trances, tricorn, and trocars — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling contraries turns up 237 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with action, actors, arrest, carrot, carton, casino, and caters. For points, the strongest plays are acetin, acorns, actins, action, actors, aeonic, antics, aortic, ascent, atonic, cairns, caners, canoer, canoes, canter, cantor, cantos, carers, carets, caries, carnet, carnie, carrot, carter, cartes, carton, casein, casern, casino, caster, castor, caters, cation, censor, centai, centas, centos, centra, cerias, cestoi, citers, citron, coarse, coater, coatis, coiner, conies, contes, contra, corers, cornea, corner, cornet, corrie, corset, cortin, cosier, cosine, costae, costar, coster, cotans, cranes, crater, crates, craton, cretin, criers, crista, crones, crores, enacts, enatic, ericas, erotic, escort, icones, incase, incest, insect, nacres, narcos, nastic, nectar, nicest, noetic, notice, oceans, ocreas, octane, octans, orcein, orcins, orrice, oscine, racers, racier, racino, racist, racons, rances, rancor, reacts, recant, recast, recits, recoat, recoin, recons, rector, rectos, retcon, ricers, rosace, scarer, scorer, scoria, scoter, scotia, scrota, secant, sector, stance, steric, tanrec, tarocs, tocsin, tonics, torics, tracer, traces, trance, triacs, trices, and trocar — each worth 8 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 280 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in contraries. If a familiar word is all you need, start with actor, nicer, noise, notes, ocean, races, and rains. For points, the strongest plays are acnes, acorn, acres, acros, actin, actor, antic, areic, ascon, ascot, nacre, narco, narcs, naric, nicer, ocean, ocrea, octan, oncet, ontic, orcas, orcin, oscar, racer, races, racon, rance, react, recit, recon, recta, recti, recto, ricer, rices, saice, scant, scare, scart, scena, scent, scion, scone, score, scorn, scran, serac, since, sonic, stoic, taces, tacos, taroc, cains, cairn, caner, canes, canoe, canso, canst, canto, cants, carer, cares, caret, carns, carrs, carse, carte, carts, caste, cater, cates, cento, cents, ceria, ceros, certs, cesta, cesti, cines, cions, cires, citer, cites, coast, coati, coats, coins, coirs, cones, conte, corer, cores, coria, corns, corse, coset, cosie, costa, cotan, cotes, crane, crate, crest, crias, crier, cries, crits, crone, crore, enact, erica, escar, escot, etics, icons, tonic, torcs, toric, trace, triac, and trice — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in contraries produces 221 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with acts, airs, ants, arts, near, neat, and nest. For points, the strongest plays are aces, acne, acre, acro, acts, arco, arcs, asci, narc, nice, ocas, once, orca, orcs, otic, race, recs, rice, rocs, scan, scar, scat, scot, sect, sice, soca, tace, taco, tecs, tics, torc, cain, cane, cans, cant, care, carn, carr, cars, cart, case, cast, cate, cats, cent, cero, cert, ciao, cine, cion, cire, cist, cite, coat, coin, coir, cone, coni, cons, core, corn, cors, cost, cote, cots, cria, cris, crit, ecos, etic, ices, and icon — each worth 6 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling contraries turns up 105 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with act, air, ant, are, art, ate, and can. For points, the strongest plays are ace, act, arc, can, car, cat, cis, con, cor, cos, cot, eco, ice, oca, orc, rec, roc, sac, sec, sic, soc, tec, and tic — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 28 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in contraries. If a familiar word is all you need, start with an, as, at, in, is, it, and no. For points, the strongest plays are ae, ai, an, ar, as, at, en, er, es, et, in, is, it, na, ne, no, oe, oi, on, or, os, re, si, so, ta, te, ti, and to — each worth 2 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
3 eleven-letter words can be made using all the letters in contraries plus one additional letter.
contraries is in the NWL, the official Scrabble word list for North America, and in the Words With Friends dictionary, so it's playable exactly as it stands and needs no unscrambling.
The 2-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
Dictionaries record seven senses for contraries. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 12 points on a Scrabble board:
contraries is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing contraries unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is contraries, worth 12 points in Scrabble, and no other word from contraries earns more points in Scrabble. Words With Friends prices the same letters differently, so the top of the list changes on a Words With Friends board. Both scores count tile values only and exclude premium squares.
The letters in contraries produce 1047 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 9 nine-letter words, 43 eight-letter words, 123 seven-letter words, 237 six-letter words, 280 five-letter words, 221 four-letter words, 105 three-letter words and 28 two-letter words.