What CONTRIVE Means
- verb: make or work out a plan for; devise“They contrived to murder their boss”
- verb: come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort“excogitate a way to measure the speed of light”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
CONTRIVE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 O1 N1 T1 R1 I1 V4 E1.
Words Made From The Letters In CONTRIVE
224 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.
7 letter words (6)
6 letter words (26)
CITRONCOINERCORNETCORTINCORVETCOVENTCOVERTCRETINCRONETENVIROINVERTNOETICNORITENOTICENOVICEORCEINORCINEORIENTRECOINRENVOITERCIOTONIERVECTORVICTORVIRENTVOICER
5 letter words (49)
CENTOCITERCIVETCONTECORNICOVENCOVERCOVETCOVINCRINECRONEENVOIEVICTINERTINTERINTROIRONENICERNITERNITRENITRONOTERONCERONCETONTICORCINOVERTOVINERECITRECONRECTIRECTORIVENRIVETRONTEROVENTENORTONERTONICTORICTRICETRINETRONCTRONETROVEVINERVIREOVOICEVOTER
4 letter words (82)
CENTCEROCERTCINECIONCIRECITECITOCIVECOINCOIRCOITCONECONICORECORNCOTECOVECRITERICETICICERICONINROINTOIRONNEVINICENITENOIRNORINOTEOINTONCEONERONIEOTICOVENOVERREINRENTRICERINERIOTRITERIVERIVOROINRONERONTROTEROTIROVETEINTERNTICETIERTINETIRETIROTONETORCTORETORITORNTRIETRINTRIOTRONVEINVENTVERTVETOVICEVIERVINEVINOVINTVIREVITEVOTEVROT
3 letter words (45)
CITCONCORCOTECOEONERNEVOICEIONIRENETNIENITNORNOTONEORCOREORTRECREIRENREORETREVRINRITROCROEROTTECTENTICTIETINTOCTOETONTORVETVIEVINVOEVOR
2 letter words (16)
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