contention
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 16
- Letters
- 10
Definition of contention
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (countable, uncountable)Argument, contest, debate, strife, struggle.
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noun
- (countable, uncountable)Argument, contest, debate, strife, struggle.
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(countable, uncountable)A point maintained in an argument, or a line of argument taken in its support; the subject matter of discussion of strife; a position taken or contended for.
“It is my contention that state lotteries are taxes on stupid people.”
- (countable, uncountable)Competition by parts of a system or its users for a limited resource.
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Etymology
From Middle English contencion, borrowed from Old French contencion, from Latin contentio, contentionem, from contendō (past participle contentus); equivalent to contend + -tion (similar formation to attention).
Words you can make from contention
114 playable · top: CONTINENT (11 pts)
Best play continent 11 points8-letter words
2 words7-letter words
5 words6-letter words
14 words5-letter words
17 words4-letter words
37 words- CENT 6 pts
- CINE 6 pts
- CION 6 pts
- CITE 6 pts
- COIN 6 pts
- CONE 6 pts
- CONI 6 pts
- CONN 6 pts
- COON 6 pts
- COOT 6 pts
- COTE 6 pts
- ETIC 6 pts
- ICON 6 pts
- NICE 6 pts
- ONCE 6 pts
- OTIC 6 pts
- TOCO 6 pts
- INTO 4 pts
- NEON 4 pts
- NETT 4 pts
- NINE 4 pts
- NITE 4 pts
- NONE 4 pts
- NONI 4 pts
- NOON 4 pts
- NOTE 4 pts
- ONTO 4 pts
- OTTO 4 pts
- TEIN 4 pts
- TENT 4 pts
- TINE 4 pts
- TINT 4 pts
- TOIT 4 pts
- TONE 4 pts
- TOON 4 pts
- TOOT 4 pts
- TOTE 4 pts
3-letter words
26 words2-letter words
12 wordsHooks
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