Is CONTRIVES a word?
CONTRIVES is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words With Friends, has 9 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 60 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, CONTRIVES is a valid word.
What does contrives mean?
CONTRIVES is an inflected form of contrive.
verb: make or work out a plan for; devise.
“They contrived to murder their boss”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
CONTRIVES: word details
- Length: 9 letters, a long word. It is one of 41,139 9-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 14 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 17 points on the tiles.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Shorter words inside contrives
Words you can make from the letters of contrives.
Solve a whole rack, not just CONTRIVES
CONTRIVES is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does CONTRIVES mean?
CONTRIVES is an inflected form of contrive and is a verb. It means: make or work out a plan for; devise.
Is CONTRIVES a valid word?
Yes, CONTRIVES is a valid word. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.