contrive

Verb

Verb Forms: contrived, contriving, contrives

To create or bring about by deliberate use of skill and artifice.
make or work out a plan for; devise
- "They contrived to murder their boss"
come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort
put or send forth
To invent by an exercise of ingeniosity; to devise
To invent, to make devices; to form designs especially by improvisation.
To project, cast, or set forth, as in a projection of light.
To spend (time, or a period).

Examples

She managed to contrive a brilliant play, using her last two tiles for a huge score.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English contreve (“to invent”), from Old French controver (Modern French controuver), from trover (“to find”) (French trouver).

Synonyms

cast, design, devise, excogitate, forge, formulate, invent, plan, project, throw, becast, cast about, get, hatch, plot, scheme

Scrabble Score: 13

contrive: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
contrive: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
contrive: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

contrive: valid Words With Friends Word