Definitions For Contrive
verb
- Come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort
- Put or send forth
- Make or work out a plan for; devise
- To form or think of (a plan, method, etc.)
- To form or make (something) in a skillful or clever way
- To make (something) happen in a clever way or with difficulty
Is Contrives a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
YES
Scrabble US
YES
Scrabble UK
YES
English International (SOWPODS)
YES
Scrabble Global
YES
Enable1 Dictionary
YES
Points in Different Games
Scrabble
14
Words with Friends
17
The word Contrive is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends
Examples of Contrive in a Sentence
- The prisoners contrived a way to escape.
- He contrived a meeting with the president.