What CONSTRAIN Means
- verb: compel to behave in a certain way“Social relations impose courtesy”
- verb: to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement“This holds the local until the express passengers change trains”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
CONSTRAIN is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 O1 N1 S1 T1 R1 A1 I1 N1.
Anagrams of CONSTRAIN (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In CONSTRAIN
517 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
8 letter words (9)
7 letter words (31)
ACTINONACTIONSAIRCONSANOINTSAROINTSATONICSCANTIONCANTONSCANTORSCAROTINCARTONSCATIONSCISTRONCITRONSCONTAINCONTRASCORNISTCORTINACORTINSCRATONSINCANTSINTRONSNARCISTNATIONSNATRONSNONARTSONANISTRACINOSRATIONSSARONICSTANNIC
6 letter words (81)
ACORNSACTINSACTIONACTONSACTORSAIRCONANIONSANOINTANTICSAORISTAORTICARISTOAROINTARSINOARTICSATONICCAIRNSCANNOTCANONSCANTONCANTORCANTOSCARONSCARTONCASINOCASTORCATIONCITRONCOATISCONIASCONINSCONTRACORTINCOSTARCOTANSCRANTSCRATONCRIANTCRISTAINCANTINSTARINTRONINTROSNARCOSNASIONNASTICNATIONNATRONNITONSNITROSNOINTSNONARTNORIASOCTANSORANTSORCINSRACINORACISTRACONSRATIONRATIOSRONINSROTANSSANTIRSANTONSATORISCORIASCOTIASCROTASONANTSTRAINTANNICTAROCSTOCSINTONICSTORANSTORICSTRAINSTRIACSTRONASTRONCS
5 letter words (147)
ACORNACTINACTONACTORAIRNSAIRTSANCONANIONANTICANTISARCOSARIOTARSONARTICARTISASCOTASTIRATOCSCAINSCAIRNCANNSCANONCANSOCANSTCANTOCANTSCARNSCARONCARTSCIONSCOASTCOATICOATSCOINSCOIRSCOITSCONIACONINCONNSCORIACORNICORNSCOSTACOTANCRANSCRIASCRIOSCRITSCROSTICONSINTRAINTROIOTASIRONSNARCONARCSNARICNARISNATISNITONNITRONOINTNOIRSNONASNONISNORIANORISOCTANOCTASOINTSONTICORANTORCASORCINORNISOSCAROSTIARACONRAINSRAITSRANISRANTSRATIORATOSRIANTRIOTSROANSROASTROINSROISTRONINRONTSROSINROSITROSTIROTANROTASROTISSAINTSANTOSARINSATINSCANTSCARTSCIONSCORNSCRANSCRATSIROCSITARSNIRTSNORTSONARSONICSORTASTAINSTAIRSTARNSTOAISTOICSTONNSTRIATACOSTAINSTARNSTAROCTAROSTARSITIANSTIARSTINASTIROSTONICTORANTORASTORCSTORICTORSITRAINTRANSTRIACTRINSTRIOSTROISTRONATRONCTRONS
4 letter words (148)
ACTSAINSAIRNAIRSAIRTAITSANISANNOANNSANONANTIANTSARCOARCSARISARTIARTSASCIATOCCAINCANNCANSCANTCARNCARSCARTCASTCATSCIAOCIONCISTCITOCITSCOATCOINCOIRCOITCONICONNCONSCORNCORSCOSTCOTSCRANCRIACRISCRITICONINNSINROINTOIONSIOTAIRONISNAITASNAINNANSNAOINAOSNARCNATSNITSNOIRNONANONINORINOTAOARSOASTOATSOCASOCTAOINTONSTORCAORCSORTSOSAROTICRAINRAISRAITRANIRANTRASTRATORATSRIASRINSRIOTRITSROANROCSROINRONTROSTROTAROTIROTSSAICSAINSAIRSANTSARISATISCANSCARSCOTSNARSNITSNOTSOARSOCASORASORISORNSORTSTARSTIRSTOATACOTAINTAISTANSTAOSTARNTAROTARSTIANTIARTICSTINATINSTIROTOCSTONSTORATORCTORITORNTORSTOSATRINTRIOTRONTSAR
3 letter words (80)
ACTAINAIRAISAITANIANNANSANTARCARSARTATSCANCARCATCISCITCONCORCOSCOTINNINSIONIOSISOITAITSNANNASNATNISNITNONNORNOSNOTOAROATOCAOISONSORAORCORSORTRAIRANRASRATRIARINRITROCROTSACSAISANSARSATSICSINSIRSITSOCSONSOTSRITAITANTAOTARTASTICTINTISTOCTONTOR
2 letter words (21)
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