Unscramble CONTRIVANCE
CONTRIVANCE is a valid Scrabble word worth 18 points and scores 23 points in Words With Friends. Our word unscrambler found 500 valid CONTRIVANCE words from the letters C,O,N,T,R,I,V,A,N,C,E — every combination verified against TWL, SOWPODS and the Words With Friends dictionary — the standard references for competitive word games. Browse all CONTRIVANCE plays below, grouped by length — its 11 letter tiles break down as 4 vowels and 7 consonants across 9 unique letters, with 1 full-length anagram useful in any word puzzle. Also try anagrams of botanist.
- 11-letter (1)
- 10-letter (1)
- 9-letter (10)
- 8-letter (32)
- 7-letter (69)
- 6-letter (138)
- 5-letter (168)
- 4-letter (81)
CONTRIVANCE Descrambled: Highest Scoring Words
These are the top 10 words our unscrambler found in the jumbled letters of CONTRIVANCE, ranked by Scrabble point value — the best picks when you want to maximize your rack in Scrabble or Words With Friends. Also try unscramble letters converts.
| Word | Length | Scrabble pts | WWF pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| contrivance | 11 | 18 | 23 |
| convincer | 9 | 16 | 21 |
| reconvict | 9 | 16 | 20 |
| cavicorn | 8 | 15 | 19 |
| coactive | 8 | 15 | 18 |
| convince | 8 | 15 | 20 |
| concertina | 10 | 14 | 18 |
| nonactive | 9 | 14 | 18 |
| concave | 7 | 14 | 18 |
| convect | 7 | 14 | 18 |
CONTRIVANCE — 11-Letter Words Descrambled (1)
1 eleven-letter word our word unscrambler decoded from the jumbled letters of CONTRIVANCE. Rearrange C, O, N, T, R, I, V, A, N, C, E every possible way and only these results survive — exceptional scoring opportunities in Scrabble, Words With Friends, and word scramble challenges alike, each verified in TWL and SOWPODS. Also try lacewings word puzzle solver.
- contrivance 18 pts
10-Letter Words You Can Make From CONTRIVANCE (1)
1 ten-letter word our word finder extracted from the letter combinations in C, O, N, T, R, I, V, A, N, C, E. Each uses ten of the available tiles from CONTRIVANCE, giving you a decisive advantage in competitive Scrabble, Words With Friends, or any Wordscapes challenge — verified against TWL, NWL, and SOWPODS. Also try unscramble convo.
- concertina 14 pts
CONTRIVANCE: 9-Letter Scrabble Word Finder (10)
10 nine-letter words hidden inside the scrambled letters of CONTRIVANCE. Nine-letter plays are double-bingo territory in Scrabble — using all seven rack tiles plus two already on the board — and equally powerful rack clearers in Words With Friends; every one built from C, O, N, T, R, I, V, A, N, C, E, verified in TWL and SOWPODS.
- convincer 16 pts
- reconvict 16 pts
- nonactive 14 pts
- accretion 13 pts
- anorectic 13 pts
- nervation 12 pts
- vernation 12 pts
- container 11 pts
- crenation 11 pts
- narcotine 11 pts
8-Letter CONTRIVANCE — Scrabble & Words With Friends (32)
32 eight-letter anagrams our word unscrambler found by rearranging the letters in C · O · N · T · R · I · V · A · N · C · E. Eight-letter plays sit one tile beyond a bingo, often reaching premium board squares for maximum point value — all sourced from CONTRIVANCE and verified in TWL and SOWPODS.
- cavicorn 15 pts
- coactive 15 pts
- convince 15 pts
- coinvent 13 pts
- conative 13 pts
- conniver 13 pts
- contrive 13 pts
- covenant 13 pts
- invocate 13 pts
- navicert 13 pts
- veronica 13 pts
- accentor 12 pts
- acentric 12 pts
- acetonic 12 pts
- cancrine 12 pts
- cocinera 12 pts
- concerti 12 pts
- cratonic 12 pts
- narcotic 12 pts
- necrotic 12 pts
- innovate 11 pts
- inventor 11 pts
- noverint 11 pts
- venation 11 pts
- actioner 10 pts
- anoretic 10 pts
- creation 10 pts
- enaction 10 pts
- reaction 10 pts
- anointer 8 pts
- inornate 8 pts
- reanoint 8 pts
CONTRIVANCE 7-Letter Words — Scrabble Bingo (69)
69 seven-letter words our word finder unscrambled from C, O, N, T, R, I, V, A, N, C, E. Seven-letter plays earn a 50-point bingo bonus in Scrabble when you use all tiles on your rack — each result here is drawn from the letters CONTRIVANCE, verified in TWL and SOWPODS.
- concave 14 pts
- convect 14 pts
- convict 14 pts
- vaccine 14 pts
- centavo 12 pts
- connive 12 pts
- convent 12 pts
- convert 12 pts
- corvina 12 pts
- corvine 12 pts
- evictor 12 pts
- overact 12 pts
- venatic 12 pts
- acronic 11 pts
- acrotic 11 pts
- canonic 11 pts
- cantico 11 pts
- centric 11 pts
- cerotic 11 pts
- cocaine 11 pts
- coenact 11 pts
- conacre 11 pts
- conceit 11 pts
- concent 11 pts
- concern 11 pts
- concert 11 pts
- connect 11 pts
- cornice 11 pts
- creatic 11 pts
- crocein 11 pts
- crocine 11 pts
- oceanic 11 pts
- orectic 11 pts
- environ 10 pts
- venator 10 pts
- vernant 10 pts
- vintner 10 pts
- aconite 9 pts
- actinon 9 pts
- ancient 9 pts
- anoetic 9 pts
- cannier 9 pts
- cantier 9 pts
- cantion 9 pts
- carotin 9 pts
- ceratin 9 pts
- certain 9 pts
- cointer 9 pts
- connate 9 pts
- contain 9 pts
- cortina 9 pts
- creatin 9 pts
- crinate 9 pts
- enactor 9 pts
- erotica 9 pts
- nacrite 9 pts
- narcein 9 pts
- noticer 9 pts
- rection 9 pts
- tacrine 9 pts
- enation 7 pts
- entrain 7 pts
- intoner 7 pts
- nointer 7 pts
- nortena 7 pts
- notaire 7 pts
- otarine 7 pts
- ternion 7 pts
- trannie 7 pts
6-Letter Scrabble Words From CONTRIVANCE (138)
138 six-letter anagrams descrambled from CONTRIVANCE, each verified against TWL and SOWPODS dictionaries. Six-letter Scrabble words sit one tile short of a bingo — rearrange CONTRIVANCE in six-letter combinations and these highest-scoring plays are what make the cut.
- active 11 pts
- avocet 11 pts
- carven 11 pts
- cavern 11 pts
- cavier 11 pts
- cavort 11 pts
- corvet 11 pts
- covent 11 pts
- covert 11 pts
- covine 11 pts
- craven 11 pts
- incave 11 pts
- incavo 11 pts
- novice 11 pts
- octave 11 pts
- vector 11 pts
- victor 11 pts
- voicer 11 pts
- accent 10 pts
- accite 10 pts
- acetic 10 pts
- arctic 10 pts
- cancer 10 pts
- cantic 10 pts
- catcon 10 pts
- cicero 10 pts
- cocain 10 pts
- cretic 10 pts
- ocicat 10 pts
- avenir 9 pts
- enviro 9 pts
- invent 9 pts
- invert 9 pts
- naiver 9 pts
- native 9 pts
- novate 9 pts
- novena 9 pts
- ravine 9 pts
- renvoi 9 pts
- taiver 9 pts
- tavern 9 pts
- vainer 9 pts
- vanner 9 pts
- viator 9 pts
- vienna 9 pts
- virent 9 pts
- vorant 9 pts
- acetin 8 pts
- action 8 pts
- aeonic 8 pts
- aircon 8 pts
- ancone 8 pts
- anetic 8 pts
- aortic 8 pts
- atonic 8 pts
- canier 8 pts
- canine 8 pts
- canner 8 pts
- cannie 8 pts
- cannot 8 pts
- canoer 8 pts
- canter 8 pts
- canton 8 pts
- cantor 8 pts
- carnet 8 pts
- carnie 8 pts
- carton 8 pts
- cation 8 pts
- centai 8 pts
- centra 8 pts
- citron 8 pts
- coater 8 pts
- coiner 8 pts
- conine 8 pts
- conner 8 pts
- connie 8 pts
- contra 8 pts
- cornea 8 pts
- cornet 8 pts
- cortin 8 pts
- craton 8 pts
- creant 8 pts
- cretin 8 pts
- criant 8 pts
- cronet 8 pts
- earcon 8 pts
- enatic 8 pts
- encina 8 pts
- erotic 8 pts
- incant 8 pts
- incent 8 pts
- neanic 8 pts
- nectar 8 pts
- neonic 8 pts
- nocent 8 pts
- noetic 8 pts
- notice 8 pts
- octane 8 pts
- orcein 8 pts
- orcine 8 pts
- racino 8 pts
- recant 8 pts
- recoat 8 pts
- recoin 8 pts
- retcon 8 pts
- tannic 8 pts
- tanrec 8 pts
- tercio 8 pts
- trance 8 pts
- anoint 6 pts
- aroint 6 pts
- atoner 6 pts
- eonian 6 pts
- inaner 6 pts
- innate 6 pts
- intern 6 pts
- intone 6 pts
- intron 6 pts
- nanite 6 pts
- narine 6 pts
- nation 6 pts
- natron 6 pts
- nonart 6 pts
- norite 6 pts
- oatier 6 pts
- orient 6 pts
- ornate 6 pts
- ranine 6 pts
- ratine 6 pts
- ration 6 pts
- retain 6 pts
- retina 6 pts
- ronnie 6 pts
- tanner 6 pts
- tannie 6 pts
- tinner 6 pts
- tonier 6 pts
- tonner 6 pts
Unscramble CONTRIVANCE — 5-Letter Word Scramble (168)
168 five-letter words our word finder unscrambled from the letters in C, O, N, T, R, I, V, A, N, C, E. Every Wordle answer is five letters — and each word here can be spelled using tiles from CONTRIVANCE, valid in Scrabble, Words With Friends, and word scramble challenges too.
- carve 10 pts
- caver 10 pts
- cavie 10 pts
- civet 10 pts
- coven 10 pts
- cover 10 pts
- covet 10 pts
- covin 10 pts
- crave 10 pts
- evict 10 pts
- varec 10 pts
- vatic 10 pts
- vicar 10 pts
- vinca 10 pts
- voice 10 pts
- vraic 10 pts
- cacti 9 pts
- cerci 9 pts
- ceric 9 pts
- cinct 9 pts
- circa 9 pts
- coact 9 pts
- conic 9 pts
- craic 9 pts
- croci 9 pts
- recco 9 pts
- ticca 9 pts
- aiver 8 pts
- avert 8 pts
- avine 8 pts
- avion 8 pts
- envoi 8 pts
- invar 8 pts
- naevi 8 pts
- naive 8 pts
- novae 8 pts
- ovate 8 pts
- overt 8 pts
- ovine 8 pts
- raven 8 pts
- ravin 8 pts
- riven 8 pts
- rivet 8 pts
- roven 8 pts
- taver 8 pts
- trave 8 pts
- trove 8 pts
- vaire 8 pts
- venin 8 pts
- viner 8 pts
- vireo 8 pts
- vitae 8 pts
- voter 8 pts
- acorn 7 pts
- actin 7 pts
- acton 7 pts
- actor 7 pts
- ancon 7 pts
- antic 7 pts
- areic 7 pts
- artic 7 pts
- cairn 7 pts
- caner 7 pts
- canoe 7 pts
- canon 7 pts
- canto 7 pts
- caret 7 pts
- caron 7 pts
- carte 7 pts
- cater 7 pts
- cento 7 pts
- ceria 7 pts
- citer 7 pts
- coate 7 pts
- coati 7 pts
- conia 7 pts
- conin 7 pts
- conne 7 pts
- conte 7 pts
- coria 7 pts
- corni 7 pts
- cotan 7 pts
- crane 7 pts
- crate 7 pts
- crena 7 pts
- crine 7 pts
- crone 7 pts
- enact 7 pts
- eniac 7 pts
- erica 7 pts
- nacre 7 pts
- nance 7 pts
- narco 7 pts
- naric 7 pts
- nicer 7 pts
- nonce 7 pts
- ocean 7 pts
- ocrea 7 pts
- octan 7 pts
- oncer 7 pts
- oncet 7 pts
- ontic 7 pts
- orcin 7 pts
- racon 7 pts
- rance 7 pts
- react 7 pts
- recit 7 pts
- recon 7 pts
- recta 7 pts
- recti 7 pts
- recto 7 pts
- taroc 7 pts
- tonic 7 pts
- toric 7 pts
- trace 7 pts
- triac 7 pts
- trice 7 pts
- tronc 7 pts
- anent 5 pts
- anion 5 pts
- antre 5 pts
- ariot 5 pts
- atone 5 pts
- entia 5 pts
- inane 5 pts
- inert 5 pts
- inner 5 pts
- inter 5 pts
- intra 5 pts
- intro 5 pts
- irate 5 pts
- irone 5 pts
- niner 5 pts
- niter 5 pts
- niton 5 pts
- nitre 5 pts
- nitro 5 pts
- noint 5 pts
- nonet 5 pts
- noria 5 pts
- noter 5 pts
- oaten 5 pts
- oater 5 pts
- orant 5 pts
- orate 5 pts
- raine 5 pts
- ratio 5 pts
- renin 5 pts
- retia 5 pts
- riant 5 pts
- roate 5 pts
- ronin 5 pts
- ronne 5 pts
- ronte 5 pts
- rotan 5 pts
- tenia 5 pts
- tenno 5 pts
- tenon 5 pts
- tenor 5 pts
- terai 5 pts
- tinea 5 pts
- toner 5 pts
- tonne 5 pts
- toran 5 pts
- train 5 pts
- trine 5 pts
- trona 5 pts
- trone 5 pts
CONTRIVANCE 4-Letter Word Finder Plays (81)
81 four-letter words found inside the jumbled letters of C, O, N, T, R, I, V, A, N, C, E. These are the workhorses of Scrabble and Words With Friends — short enough to fit most board positions, long enough to score well, all drawn from CONTRIVANCE.
- cave 9 pts
- cive 9 pts
- cove 9 pts
- vice 9 pts
- ceca 8 pts
- coca 8 pts
- croc 8 pts
- ecco 8 pts
- arvo 7 pts
- aver 7 pts
- nave 7 pts
- nevi 7 pts
- nova 7 pts
- oven 7 pts
- over 7 pts
- rave 7 pts
- riva 7 pts
- rive 7 pts
- rivo 7 pts
- rove 7 pts
- vain 7 pts
- vair 7 pts
- vane 7 pts
- vant 7 pts
- vare 7 pts
- vein 7 pts
- vena 7 pts
- vent 7 pts
- vera 7 pts
- vert 7 pts
- veto 7 pts
- viae 7 pts
- vier 7 pts
- vina 7 pts
- vine 7 pts
- vino 7 pts
- vint 7 pts
- vire 7 pts
- vita 7 pts
- vite 7 pts
- voar 7 pts
- vote 7 pts
- vrot 7 pts
- acer 6 pts
- acne 6 pts
- acre 6 pts
- acro 6 pts
- ance 6 pts
- arco 6 pts
- atoc 6 pts
- cain 6 pts
- cane 6 pts
- cann 6 pts
- cant 6 pts
- care 6 pts
- carn 6 pts
- cart 6 pts
- cate 6 pts
- cent 6 pts
- ciao 6 pts
- cine 6 pts
- cire 6 pts
- cite 6 pts
- coat 6 pts
- cone 6 pts
- core 6 pts
- cran 6 pts
- cria 6 pts
- eric 6 pts
- etic 6 pts
- icer 6 pts
- narc 6 pts
- nice 6 pts
- octa 6 pts
- once 6 pts
- orca 6 pts
- race 6 pts
- rice 6 pts
- tace 6 pts
- taco 6 pts
- tice 6 pts
Definition of CONTRIVANCE
via WordNeta device or control that is very useful for a particular job
Synonyms: appliance, contraption, convenience, gadget, gismo, gizmo, widget
an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.
an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
Synonyms: dodge, stratagem
any improvised arrangement for temporary use
the act of devising something
Synonyms: devisal
the faculty of contriving; inventive skill
CONTRIVANCE Scrabble Word: Valid or Not?
Yes — CONTRIVANCE is a valid Scrabble word worth 18 points, and it also scores 23 points in Words With Friends.
18
Scrabble pts
23
WWF pts
Valid in
TWL = Tournament Word List (NWL) · SOWPODS = Collins Scrabble Words (CSW) · ENABLE = General English word list
Letter Analysis of CONTRIVANCE
9 unique lettersEach CONTRIVANCE letter tile carries a fixed Scrabble point value — knowing these helps you spot high-scoring plays and manage your rack strategically in any word game.
| Letter | Count | Type | Scrabble pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
| C | 2 | Consonant | 3 |
| E | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
| I | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
| N | 2 | Consonant | 1 |
| O | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
| R | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
| T | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
| V | 1 | Consonant | 4 |
Anagrams of CONTRIVANCE (1)
These words share the exact same scrambled letters as CONTRIVANCE — rearranged into a different valid word. Spotting anagrams is a key word game and word puzzle skill that can unlock unexpected high-scoring plays on your rack.
- contrivance 18 pts
Frequently Asked Questions about CONTRIVANCE
How many words can you make from CONTRIVANCE?
You can make 500 words from the letters in CONTRIVANCE.
Is CONTRIVANCE a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, CONTRIVANCE is a valid Scrabble word worth 18 points.
What are the highest-scoring words you can make from CONTRIVANCE?
Results are sorted by Scrabble point value within each word length, so the highest-scoring word game plays appear first in every section. Use the jump links at the top of the page to navigate directly to any letter group and find the best plays from CONTRIVANCE.
How many points is CONTRIVANCE worth in Words With Friends?
CONTRIVANCE scores 23 points in Words With Friends.