contriving needs no unscrambling at all — the ten-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 16 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 147 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
contriving is the highest-scoring word from contriving, worth 16 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 147 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in contriving — and it is contriving itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 16 points in Scrabble.
There are 3 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in contriving. Here the everyday answer and the top-scoring play are one and the same: noticing, worth 11 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in contriving produces 10 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with coining. For points, the strongest play is voicing — worth 13 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling contriving turns up 30 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ironic, origin, virgin, and voting. For points, the strongest plays are coving and vicing — each worth 12 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 28 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in contriving. If a familiar word is all you need, start with groin. For points, the strongest plays are covin and vinic — 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 contriving produces 35 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with coin, corn, into, iron, ring, riot, and torn. For points, the strongest play is vino — worth 7 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling contriving turns up 30 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with con, got, nor, not, rig, tin, and ton. For points, the strongest plays are vig and vog — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 10 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in contriving. If a familiar word is all you need, start with go, in, it, no, on, or, and to. For points, the strongest plays are gi and go — each worth 3 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
contriving 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 5-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
contriving is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing contriving unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is contriving, worth 16 points in Scrabble, and no other word from contriving 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 contriving produce 147 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 3 eight-letter words, 10 seven-letter words, 30 six-letter words, 28 five-letter words, 35 four-letter words, 30 three-letter words and 10 two-letter words.