contradiction
Contradiction can refer to opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas, the speech act of contradicting someone, or (logic) a statement that is necessarily false.
Length
13
Scrabble
18
WWF
22
Starts
CO
Ends
ION
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “CONTRADICTION” Mean?
/ˌkɒntɹəˈdɪkʃən/
contradiction has 3 documented senses across noun.
Noun
3 sensesopposition between two conflicting forces or ideas
(logic) a statement that is necessarily false
“the statement ‘he is brave and he is not brave’ is a contradiction”
the speech act of contradicting someone
“he spoke as if he thought his claims were immune to contradiction”
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
13
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
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Definition
opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas
Length
13 letters
Starts With
C
Ends With
N
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Letters
C, O, N, T, R, A, D, I, C, T, I, O, N
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★CONTRADICTION has a Scrabble score of 18. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆CONTRADICTION is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆CONTRADICTION can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 13-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆CONTRADICTION contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
8
Repeated Letters
5
Highest Value Letter
C
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGHADHBC
CV Pattern
CVCCCVCVCCVVC
Vowel Share
38%
Consonant Share
62%
Bigrams
CO, ON, NT, TR, RA, AD, DI, IC, CT, TI, IO, ON
Trigrams
CON, ONT, NTR, TRA, RAD, ADI, DIC, ICT, CTI, TIO, ION
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