Jumble solved
Unscramble CONTRIVANCE — 583 words
The letters CONTRIVANCE rearrange into 1 full anagram and 583 words in total.
- Total words
- 583
- Full anagrams
- 1
- Longest answer
- 11 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 4 : 7
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 4 vowels (O, I, A, E) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 7 remaining consonants (C, N, T, R, V, N, C).
contrivance in a sentence
“Contrivance must have had a contriver.”
— Webster 1913
Anagrams of CONTRIVANCE
One word uses all 11 letters:
- contrivance
11-letter words
1 word found- contrivance18
10-letter words
1 word found- concertina14
9-letter words
9 words found- accretion13
- anorectic13
- container11
- convincer16
- crenation11
- nervation12
- nonactive14
- reconvict16
- vernation12
8-letter words
29 words found- cavicorn15
- coactive15
- convince15
- coinvent13
- conative13
- conniver13
- contrive13
- covenant13
- invocate13
- navicert13
- veronica13
- accentor12
- acentric12
- acetonic12
- cocinera12
+ 14 more 8-letter words
7-letter words
55 words found- concave14
- convect14
- convict14
- vaccine14
- centavo12
- connive12
- convent12
- convert12
- corvina12
- corvine12
- evictor12
- overact12
- venatic12
- acronic11
- acrotic11
+ 40 more 7-letter words
6-letter words
112 words found- active11
- avocet11
- carven11
- cavern11
- cavort11
- corvet11
- covert11
- covine11
- craven11
- novice11
- octave11
- vector11
- victor11
- voicer11
- accent10
+ 97 more 6-letter words
5-letter words
136 words found- carve10
- caver10
- cavie10
- civet10
- coven10
- cover10
- covet10
- covin10
- crave10
- evict10
- varec10
- vatic10
- vicar10
- vinca10
- voice10
+ 121 more 5-letter words
4-letter words
135 words found- cave9
- cove9
- vice9
- ceca8
- coca8
- croc8
- arvo7
- aver7
- nave7
- nevi7
- nova7
- oven7
- over7
- rave7
- rive7
+ 120 more 4-letter words
3-letter words
83 words found- vac8
- ave6
- avo6
- nav6
- ova6
- rev6
- tav6
- van6
- var6
- vat6
- vet6
- via6
- vie6
- vin6
- voe6
+ 68 more 3-letter words
2-letter words
22 words found- ae2
- ai2
- an2
- ar2
- at2
- en2
- er2
- et2
- in2
- it2
- na2
- ne2
- no2
- oe2
- oi2
+ 7 more 2-letter words
Words hidden inside CONTRIVANCE
Without moving a single letter, reading contrivance straight through uncovers 2 shorter words — con, van. The longest unbroken run is con.
- con5
- van6
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Shorter words inside CONTRIVANCE — solve each on its own:
Add one letter to CONTRIVANCE
Slot in one more tile — any letter — and contrivance opens up 1 12-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).
- contrivance18
- convincer16
- reconvict16
- cavicorn15
- coactive15
- convince15
- concertina14
- nonactive14
Letter breakdown
Total Letters
11
Distinct
9
Vowels
36%
O, I, A, E
Consonants
64%
C, N, T, R, V, N, C
Solving CONTRIVANCE: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters contrivance?
Rearranging the 11 letters in contrivance produces 583 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 11-letter answer contrivance here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does contrivance have any anagrams?
Using all 11 letters, contrivance rearranges into exactly one word: contrivance.
What is the longest word you can make from contrivance?
The longest solution is contrivance at 11 letters — it uses the most tiles of any word here.
What are the easiest short words from contrivance?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: contrivance yields ace, act, ain, air, ait, ane, ani, ant, arc and are. 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 "contrivance" used in a sentence?
Contrivance is itself a valid word. For example: "Contrivance must have had a contriver." Seeing a jumble answer used in a real sentence makes it easier to remember next time it turns up.
Which word from contrivance scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, contrivance is the top scorer from contrivance at 18 points, followed by convincer (16), reconvict (16) and cavicorn (15). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.
What smaller words are hidden inside contrivance?
Read left to right without moving any letters and contrivance already contains 2 shorter words: con and van. The longest run of consecutive letters that spells a word is con. Because this depends on the exact order, each spelling of the same letters hides a different set.