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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.

  1. 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”

  2. noun

    (physics) a system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive material from a reactor

  3. noun

    the act of containing; keeping something from spreading

    “the containment of the AIDS epidemic”

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.

Points

Scrabble
16
Words With Friends
21
Letters
12

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

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