Is CONTAINMENTS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, CONTAINMENTS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 16 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does CONTAINMENTS mean?
Containments is a form of CONTAINMENT.
- noun
a policy of creating strategic alliances in order to check the expansion of a hostile power or ideology or to force it to negotiate peacefully
“containment of communist expansion was a central principle of United States' foreign policy from 1947 to the 1975”
- noun
(physics) a system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive material from a reactor
- noun
the act of containing; keeping something from spreading
“the containment of the AIDS epidemic”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
16
Scrabble
21
Words With Friends
12
Letters
C (3) + O (1) + N (1) + T (1) + A (1) + I (1) + N (1) + M (3) + E (1) + N (1) + T (1) + S (1) = 16 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsListed
Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.
Hooks for CONTAINMENTS
CONTAINMENTS has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the end.
Words you can make from CONTAINMENTS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- cantonments15
- containment15
- cantonment14
- anointments13
- cinnamons13
- coinmates13
- encomiast13
- tectonism13
- anointment12
- continents12
- inconstant12
- mentations12
- amnestic12
- catmints12
- centimos12
- cinnamon12
- coinmate12
- contemns12
- monastic12
- monecian12
- nematics12
- semantic12
- stomatic12
- antinomes11
- continent11
- cotenants11
- enactions11
- innocents11
- mentation11
- nominates11
- noninsect11
- nonstatic11
- ointments11
- taconites11
- amnesic11
- anosmic11
- atomics11
- camions11
- catmint11
- centimo11
- cinemas11
- comates11
- contemn11
- encomia11
- incomes11
- maniocs11
- masonic11
- mesonic11
- meticas11
- nematic11
- osmatic11
- sematic11
- somatic11
- tomcats11
- tonemic11
- totemic11
- aconites10
- actinons10
- amniotes10
- ancients10
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