Is CONTROVERSIALLY a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, CONTROVERSIALLY is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 23 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does CONTROVERSIALLY mean?
- adverb
involving controversy
“criticism too polemically stated”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
23
Scrabble
27
Words With Friends
15
Letters
C (3) + O (1) + N (1) + T (1) + R (1) + O (1) + V (4) + E (1) + R (1) + S (1) + I (1) + A (1) + L (1) + L (1) + Y (4) = 23 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 CONTROVERSIALLY
CONTROVERSIALLY 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 CONTROVERSIALLY
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- conservatory20
- controversy19
- corrosively19
- vectorially19
- controversial18
- covalently18
- invocatory18
- solvolytic18
- vertically18
- viscerally18
- vortically18
- carnivory17
- coevality17
- conveyors17
- costively17
- conservator16
- crystalline16
- oscillatory16
- overactions16
- revocations16
- sectionally16
- vorticellas16
- levorotary16
- actively16
- coevally16
- conveyor16
- covertly16
- cravenly16
- solvency16
- sylvatic16
- velocity16
- veracity16
- vicenary16
- viceroys16
- vocality16
- voracity16
- carnivores15
- clearstory15
- coinvestor15
- contrarily15
- contrivers15
- convertors15
- erotically15
- evocations15
- iconolatry15
- lectionary15
- overaction15
- revocation15
- societally15
- sterically15
- versicolor15
- vorticella15
- nervosity15
- overstory15
- solvently15
- sylvanite15
- trevallys15
- ventrally15
- violently15
- carvery15
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