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Containment

c 3o 1n 1t 1a 1i 1n 1m 3e 1n 1t 1

About 3 syllables

noun · 11 letters · Less common

  • Scrabble US & Canada : valid
  • Scrabble UK & worldwide : valid
  • Words With Friends : valid
  • Wordle : not valid

What does containment mean?

noun

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

  3. the act of containing; keeping something from spreading

    “the containment of the AIDS epidemic”

Is CONTAINMENT a valid word?

Game / word listValid?
Scrabble US & Canada (NWL / TWL) Yes
Scrabble UK & worldwide (Collins / SOWPODS) Yes
Words With Friends (ENABLE) Yes
Wordle (guess list) No

How many points is CONTAINMENT worth?

Scrabble

15 pts
c 3o 1n 1t 1a 1i 1n 1m 3e 1n 1t 1

Words With Friends

20 pts
c 4o 1n 2t 1a 1i 1n 2m 4e 1n 2t 1

Wordfeud

16 pts
c 4o 1n 1t 1a 1i 1n 1m 3e 1n 1t 1

NYT Crossplay

15 pts
c 3o 1n 1t 1a 1i 1n 1m 3e 1n 1t 1

Scores are the sum of the tile values, before premium squares or bingo bonuses.

Words from the letters in CONTAINMENT

Hooks for CONTAINMENT

Add one letter to the front or back of CONTAINMENT to make another word.

Front hooks

None

Back hooks

containments

Words that end like CONTAINMENT

Common words that share the ending -AINMENT, handy for rhymes, poems and wordplay. Matches are based on spelling, so a few may not rhyme exactly.

attainmententertainment
All words ending in -AINMENT

Containment: quick answers

Is CONTAINMENT a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. CONTAINMENT is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 15 points before board bonuses.
How many points is CONTAINMENT worth?
CONTAINMENT scores 15 points in Scrabble, 20 in Words With Friends, 16 in Wordfeud and 15 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does containment mean?
As a noun, containment means “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”. It has 3 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in CONTAINMENT?
You can make 452 shorter words from CONTAINMENT, such as CANTONMENT, MONACTINE, OMITTANCE, ANOINTMENT. See the full list.