contrivance
Contrivance can refer to a device or control that is very useful for a particular job, an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade, or the faculty of contriving; inventive skill.
Length
11
Scrabble
18
WWF
23
Starts
CO
Ends
NCE
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “CONTRIVANCE” Mean?
/kənˈtɹaɪ.vəns/
contrivance has 6 documented senses across noun.
Noun
6 sensesa device or control that is very useful for a particular job
the faculty of contriving; inventive skill
“his skillful contrivance of answers to every problem”
an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.
“the plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable”
any improvised arrangement for temporary use
the act of devising something
Synonyms
Synonyms for CONTRIVANCE
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
11
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
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Definition
a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
Length
11 letters
Starts With
C
Ends With
E
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Letters
C, O, N, T, R, I, V, A, N, C, E
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★CONTRIVANCE has a Scrabble score of 18. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆CONTRIVANCE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆CONTRIVANCE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 11-letter structure.
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★★★☆☆CONTRIVANCE contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
9
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
V
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGHCAI
CV Pattern
CVCCCVCVCCV
Vowel Share
36%
Consonant Share
64%
Bigrams
CO, ON, NT, TR, RI, IV, VA, AN, NC, CE
Trigrams
CON, ONT, NTR, TRI, RIV, IVA, VAN, ANC, NCE
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