controversial: meaning and words from its letters
13 letters · 18 letter points · starts with C · ends with L
Meaning of controversial
adj
Arousing or likely to arouse controversy.
Engaging in or given to controversy; disputatious, argumentative.
Listed forms: controversional.
Source: Wiktionary — controversial.
noun
- archaic
Someone or something (such as a matter or an argument) that is controversial.
Listed forms: controversials, controversional.
Source: Wiktionary — controversial.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is controversial in our word lists?
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of controversial
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) = 18 points.
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Anagrams of controversial
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from controversial
2,021 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in controversial. Showing up to 24, longest first.