contrive

1. To make schemes.

2. To form or create in an artistic or ingenious manner .

3. To bring about by stratagem or with difficulty .

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1. To form plans or schemes.

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1. To bring about, as by scheming; manage: somehow contrived to get past the guards unnoticed.

2. To invent or fabricate, especially by improvisation: contrived a swing from hanging vines.

3. To plan with cleverness or ingenuity; devise: contrive ways to amuse the children.

4. To plan with evil intent; scheme: contrived a plot to seize power.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
contrive	13	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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oi	2
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ti	2
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3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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voice	10
voter	8

6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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coiner	8
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voicer	11
retcon	8

7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
cointer	9
convert	12
corvine	12
evictor	12
noticer	9

8 Letters	Scrabble® Points
contrive	13