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CANTANKEROUS
Cantankerous (adjective) — stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate; - Spectator. 2. (adjective) having a difficult and contrary disposition; - Dorothy Sayers.
“unions...have never been as bloody-minded about demarcation as the shipbuilders”
Cantankerous is a valid 12-letter word worth 18 points in Scrabble (and Words With Friends letter values vary). Below are its anagrams and the shorter words hidden inside it.
Anagrams of CANTANKEROUS
No anagrams — the letters AACEKNNORSTU only spell this word.
Words made from the letters in CANTANKEROUS
1 × 11-letter words
1 × 10-letter words
14 × 9-letter words
50 × 8-letter words
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179 × 7-letter words
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348 × 6-letter words
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