contrastive

1. Containing or forming a contrast; contrasting.

2. Linguistics Capable of distinguishing meaning; being in opposition: a phonological feature that is contrastive in one language but not in another.

3. Linguistics Pertaining to the study of structural contrasts: contrastive analysis.

4. Forming or consisting of a.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
contrastive	16	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
ae	2
ai	2
an	2
ar	2
as	2
at	2
en	2
er	2
es	2
et	2
in	2
is	2
it	2
na	2
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no	2
oe	2
oi	2
on	2
or	2
os	2
re	2
si	2
so	2
ta	2
te	2
ti	2
to	2

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
ace	5
act	5
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air	3
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ait	3
ane	3
ani	3
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arc	5
are	3
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att	3
ave	6
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ort	3
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vet	6
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vie	6
vin	6
vis	6
voe	6
aro	3
ats	3

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
aces	6
acne	6
acre	6
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nare	4
arie	4
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5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
acnes	7
acorn	7
acres	7
acros	7
actin	7
actor	7
aeons	5
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airts	5
aiver	8
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6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
acetin	8
acorns	8
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action	8
active	11
actors	8
aeonic	8
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vireos	9
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voters	9
nattos	6
retcon	8

7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
acetins	9
acinose	9
aconite	9
actions	9
actives	12
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centavo	12
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enactor	9
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octaves	12
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overact	12
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ratines	7
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ratites	7
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raviest	10
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ricotta	9
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venatic	12
veritas	10
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version	10
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viscera	12
voicers	12
retcons	9

8 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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actioner	10
ancestor	10
anoretic	10
aversion	11
canister	10
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carotins	10
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cottiers	10
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entastic	10
evictors	13
interact	10
intreats	8
investor	11
invocate	13
navicert	13
nictates	10
nitrates	8
notaries	8
notarise	8
noticers	10
oscitant	10
overacts	13
overcast	13
reaction	10
ricottas	10
rotative	11
scantier	10
scattier	10
scenario	10
senorita	8
snottier	8
sonicate	10
stenotic	10
straiten	8
strontia	8
strontic	10
taconite	10
tacrines	10
tactions	10
tenorist	8
tentoria	8
tertians	8
tetanics	10
tevatron	11
toastier	8
tonetics	10
traction	10
tractive	13
transect	10
travoise	11
tritones	8
varicose	13
veronica	13
vesicant	13
viatores	11
vortices	13
votaries	11
votarist	11

9 Letters	Scrabble® Points
actioners	11
anoretics	11
carnotite	11
contrives	14
cornetist	11
creations	11
interacts	11
invocates	14
navicerts	14
reactions	11
stationer	9
taconites	11
tevatrons	12
tractions	11
veronicas	14

10 Letters	Scrabble® Points
carnotites	12
constative	15

11 Letters	Scrabble® Points
contrastive	16