contemporary
Contemporary can refer to a person of nearly the same age as another. Contemporary is also used as adjective, with meanings including characteristic of the present.
Length
12
Scrabble
21
WWF
24
Starts
CO
Ends
ARY
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “CONTEMPORARY” Mean?
/kənˈtɛm.p(ə).ɹəɹ.i/
contemporary has 4 documented senses across adjective, noun.
Adjective
3 sensescharacteristic of the present
“contemporary trends in design”
“the role of computers in modern-day medicine”
belonging to the present time
“contemporary leaders”
occurring in the same period of time
“a rise in interest rates is often contemporaneous with an increase in inflation”
“the composer Salieri was contemporary with Mozart”
Synonyms
Noun
1 sensea person of nearly the same age as another
Synonyms
Synonyms for CONTEMPORARY
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
12
Vowels
4
Consonants
8
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Definition
characteristic of the present
Length
12 letters
Starts With
C
Ends With
Y
Vowels
4
Consonants
8
Letters
C, O, N, T, E, M, P, O, R, A, R, Y
Use Case
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★CONTEMPORARY has a Scrabble score of 21. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆CONTEMPORARY is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆CONTEMPORARY can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 12-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆CONTEMPORARY contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
10
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
Y
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGBHIHJ
CV Pattern
CVCCVCCVCVCC
Vowel Share
33%
Consonant Share
67%
Bigrams
CO, ON, NT, TE, EM, MP, PO, OR, RA, AR, RY
Trigrams
CON, ONT, NTE, TEM, EMP, MPO, POR, ORA, RAR, ARY
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