Jumble solved
Is CONTRAINDICATE a word? Yes.
CONTRAINDICATE is a valid word in the Scrabble dictionary — 14 letters, worth 19 points before any premium squares. It rearranges into 1 anagram, with 1231 words hidden inside it.
- Total words
- 1231
- Full anagrams
- 1
- Longest answer
- 14 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 6 : 8
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 6 vowels (O, A, I, I, A, E) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 8 remaining consonants (C, N, T, R, N, D, C, T).
Anagrams of CONTRAINDICATE
One word uses all 14 letters:
- contraindicate
14-letter words
1 word found13-letter words
1 word found12-letter words
3 words found11-letter words
6 words found10-letter words
15 words found9-letter words
61 words found+ 46 more 9-letter words
8-letter words
124 words found- accident13
- accredit13
- acidotic13
- cancroid13
- carditic13
- codirect13
- coincide13
- corniced13
- cricetid13
- dicrotic13
- draconic13
- occident13
- accentor12
- acentric12
- acetonic12
+ 109 more 8-letter words
7-letter words
177 words found- accidia12
- accidie12
- cactoid12
- cardiac12
- cicadae12
- coacted12
- cricoid12
- deictic12
- docetic12
- octadic12
- acratic11
- acronic11
- acrotic11
- actinic11
- atactic11
+ 162 more 7-letter words
6-letter words
248 words found- accord11
- acidic11
- cicada11
- decoct11
- ticced11
- accent10
- acetic10
- acinic10
- arctic10
- cancan10
- cancer10
- cantic10
- cicero10
- citric10
- cocain10
+ 233 more 6-letter words
5-letter words
256 words found- codec10
+ 241 more 5-letter words
4-letter words
209 words found+ 194 more 4-letter words
3-letter words
100 words found+ 85 more 3-letter words
2-letter words
30 words found+ 15 more 2-letter words
Words hidden inside CONTRAINDICATE
Without moving a single letter, reading contraindicate straight through uncovers 10 shorter words — indicate, contra, train, cate, rain, ain, and more. The longest unbroken run is indicate.
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Shorter words inside CONTRAINDICATE — solve each on its own:
Add one letter to CONTRAINDICATE
Slot in one more tile — any letter — and contraindicate opens up 2 15-letter words. 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
14
Distinct
9
Vowels
43%
O, A, I, I, A, E
Consonants
57%
C, N, T, R, N, D, C, T
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Solving CONTRAINDICATE: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters contraindicate?
Rearranging the 14 letters in contraindicate produces 1231 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 14-letter answer contraindicate here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does contraindicate have any anagrams?
Using all 14 letters, contraindicate rearranges into exactly one word: contraindicate.
What is the longest word you can make from contraindicate?
The longest solution is contraindicate at 14 letters — it uses the most tiles of any word here.
What are the easiest short words from contraindicate?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: contraindicate yields ace, act, ado, aid, ain, air, ait, ana, and and ane. 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.
Which word from contraindicate scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, contraindicate is the top scorer from contraindicate at 19 points, followed by accreditation (18), deracination (15) and indoctrinate (15). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.
What smaller words are hidden inside contraindicate?
Read left to right without moving any letters and contraindicate already contains 10 shorter words: indicate, contra, train, cate, rain and ain (plus 4 more). The longest run of consecutive letters that spells a word is indicate. Because this depends on the exact order, each spelling of the same letters hides a different set.