Is CONTRARIANS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, CONTRARIANS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 13 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does CONTRARIANS mean?
Contrarians is a form of CONTRARIAN.
- noun
an investor who deliberately decides to go against the prevailing wisdom of other investors
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
13
Scrabble
16
Words With Friends
11
Letters
C (3) + O (1) + N (1) + T (1) + R (1) + A (1) + R (1) + I (1) + A (1) + N (1) + S (1) = 13 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 CONTRARIANS
CONTRARIANS 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 CONTRARIANS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- carnations12
- contrarian12
- carnation11
- carrotins11
- constrain11
- raincoats11
- santonica11
- transonic11
- narrations10
- actinons10
- canonist10
- cantinas10
- cantoris10
- carnitas10
- carotins10
- carrions10
- carrotin10
- contains10
- cortinas10
- ocarinas10
- raincoat10
- sanction10
- sonantic10
- tricorns10
- narration9
- acrasin9
- actinon9
- actions9
- anticar9
- arnicas9
- atonics9
- cantina9
- cantons9
- cantors9
- carinas9
- caritas9
- carotin9
- carrion9
- carrots9
- cartons9
- cations9
- cistron9
- citrons9
- contain9
- contras9
- corsair9
- cortina9
- cortins9
- cratons9
- incants9
- narcist9
- ocarina9
- ostraca9
- racinos9
- rancors9
- sacaton9
- sarcina9
- satanic9
- stannic9
- tricorn9
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