Jumble solved
Is CONTENTION a word? Yes.
CONTENTION is a valid word in the Scrabble dictionary — 10 letters, worth 12 points before any premium squares. It rearranges into 1 anagram, with 115 words hidden inside it.
- Total words
- 115
- Full anagrams
- 1
- Longest answer
- 10 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 4 : 6
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 4 vowels (O, E, I, O) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 6 remaining consonants (C, N, T, N, T, N).
contention in a sentence
“the contention is how the subject is to be divided and defined.”
— Webster 1913
Anagrams of CONTENTION
One word uses all 10 letters:
- contention
10-letter words
1 word found9-letter words
1 word found8-letter words
2 words found7-letter words
5 words found6-letter words
14 words found5-letter words
17 words found+ 2 more 5-letter words
4-letter words
37 words found+ 22 more 4-letter words
3-letter words
26 words found+ 11 more 3-letter words
2-letter words
12 words foundWords hidden inside CONTENTION
Without moving a single letter, reading contention straight through uncovers 6 shorter words — content, conte, tent, con, ion, ten. The longest unbroken run is content.
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Shorter words inside CONTENTION — solve each on its own:
Add one letter to CONTENTION
Slot in one more tile — any letter — and contention opens up 1 11-letter word. Handy when a puzzle gives you a blank or an extra square.
Best words for tile games
Playing Scrabble or Words with Friends? These finds carry the highest tile values (before any bonus squares).
Letter breakdown
Total Letters
10
Distinct
6
Vowels
40%
O, E, I, O
Consonants
60%
C, N, T, N, T, N
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Solving CONTENTION: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters contention?
Rearranging the 10 letters in contention produces 115 valid words in total. A quick way to crack a scramble is to pull the vowels out first, then test familiar beginnings and endings (such as re-, un-, -ing, -ed and -er) against the consonants that are left. That approach lands the 10-letter answer contention here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does contention have any anagrams?
Using all 10 letters, contention rearranges into exactly one word: contention.
What is the longest word you can make from contention?
The longest solution is contention at 10 letters — it uses the most tiles of any word here.
What are the easiest short words from contention?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: contention yields con, coo, cot, eco, eon, ice, inn, ion, net and nit. Two- and three-letter words are handy for warming up, for tricky racks, and for hooking onto letters already on the board in games like Scrabble and Words with Friends.
How is the word "contention" used in a sentence?
Contention is itself a valid word. For example: "the contention is how the subject is to be divided and defined." Seeing a jumble answer used in a real sentence makes it easier to remember next time it turns up.
Which word from contention scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, contention is the top scorer from contention at 12 points, followed by continent (11), innocent (10) and nontonic (10). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.
What smaller words are hidden inside contention?
Read left to right without moving any letters and contention already contains 6 shorter words: content, conte, tent, con, ion and ten. The longest run of consecutive letters that spells a word is content. Because this depends on the exact order, each spelling of the same letters hides a different set.