CONTRARIETY is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. CONTRARIETY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CONTRARIETY?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CONTRARIETY is to know. It scores 16 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CONTRARIETY
No single letter turns CONTRARIETY into another word.
How CONTRARIETY scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in CONTRARIETY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CONTRARIETY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CONTRARIETY mean in Scrabble?
noun
formal
The state of being opposed or inconsistent, or something that stands in direct opposition to another.
Contrariety points to a sharp clash between two things, such as ideas that cannot both be true. It is more formal than the plain word opposition and appears in philosophical prose.
How CONTRARIETY is used
Formal and literary, found mostly in philosophical writing.
- The contrariety of their views made agreement impossible.
- Philosophers once wrote at length about the contrariety of good and evil.
- There was a striking contrariety between his words and his actions.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CONTRARIETY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CONTRARIETY
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Common questions about CONTRARIETY
- Is CONTRARIETY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CONTRARIETY, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CONTRARIETY worth?
- CONTRARIETY is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CONTRARIETY mean?
- The state of being opposed or inconsistent, or something that stands in direct opposition to another.
- What letters can be added to CONTRARIETY?
- No single letter can be added to CONTRARIETY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of CONTRARIETY:
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