contrivance


Meanings

  • a 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 elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade;
    • "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track"
  • 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


Scrabble Score: 18

contrivance is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

contrivance is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

contrivance is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 23

contrivance is a valid Words With Friends word