CONTRIVES

9 letters, 14 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What CONTRIVES Means

CONTRIVES is a form of CONTRIVE, which 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”

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

CONTRIVES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 14 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 O1 N1 T1 R1 I1 V4 E1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In CONTRIVES

631 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.

8 letter words (9)

COINTERS CONTRIVE CONVERTS CORNIEST EVICTORS INVESTOR NOTICERS RECTIONS VORTICES

7 letter words (49)

6 letter words (115)

5 letter words (192)

CENTO CENTS CEROS CERTS CESTI CINES CIONS CIRES CITER CITES CIVES CIVET COINS COIRS COITS CONES CONTE CORES CORNI CORNS CORSE COSET COSIE COSTE COTES COVEN COVER COVES COVET COVIN CREST CRIES CRINE CRIOS CRISE CRITS CRONE CROST ENVOI EOSIN ERICS ESCOT ESTOC ESTRO EVICT ICERS ICONS INERT INSET INTER INTRO IRONE IRONS NEIST NERTS NICER NITER NITES NITRE NITRO NOIRS NOISE NORIS NOSER NOTER NOTES OINTS ONCER ONCES ONCET ONERS ONSET ONTIC ORCIN ORNIS OSIER OVENS OVERS OVERT OVINE OVIST RECIT RECON RECTI RECTO REINS REIST RENTS RESIN RESIT RESTO RICES RINES RINSE RIOTS RISEN RITES RIVEN RIVES RIVET ROINS ROIST RONES RONTE RONTS ROSET ROSIN ROSIT ROSTI ROTES ROTIS ROVEN ROVES SCENT SCION SCONE SCORE SCORN SENOR SENTI SERIC SERIN SERON SERVO SETON SIENT SINCE SIREN SIROC SIVER SNIRT SNORE SNORT SONCE SONIC STEIN STENO STERN STIRE STIVE STOIC STONE STORE STOVE TEINS TENOR TERNS TICES TIERS TINES TIRES TIROS TOISE TONER TONES TONIC TORCS TORES TORIC TORSE TORSI TRICE TRIES TRINE TRINS TRIOS TROIS TRONC TRONE TRONS TROVE VEINS VENTS VERSO VERST VERTS VICES VIERS VINER VINES VINOS VINTS VIREO VIRES VISNE VISON VISOR VISTO VOCES VOICE VOTER VOTES

4 letter words (165)

3 letter words (79)

CIS CIT CON COR COS COT ECO ENS EON ERN ERS EST EVO ICE INS ION IOS IRE ISO ITS NET NIE NIS NIT NOR NOS NOT OES OIS ONE ONS ORC ORE ORS ORT OSE REC REI REN REO RES RET REV RIN RIT ROC ROE ROT SEC SEI SEN SER SET SIC SIN SIR SIT SOC SON SOT SOV SRI TEC TEN TES TIC TIE TIN TIS TOC TOE TON TOR VET VIE VIN VIS VOE VOR

2 letter words (22)

EN ER ES ET IN IO IS IT NE NO OE OI ON OR OS RE SI SO ST TE TI TO

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