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Is contract a Scrabble word?

Yes, contract is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 12 points in Scrabble.

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  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of contract?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (law) An agreement which the law will enforce in some way. A legally binding contract must contain at least one promise, i.e., a commitment or offer, by an offeror to and accepted by an offeree to do something in the future. A contract is thus executory rather than executed.

2. (law) The document containing such an agreement.

3. (law) A part of legal studies dealing with laws and jurisdiction related to contracts.Synonyms: contract law

4. (informal) An order, usually given to a hired assassin, to kill someone.Examples: "The mafia boss put a contract out on the man who betrayed him."informal

5. (bridge) The declarer's undertaking to win the number of tricks bid with a stated suit as trump.

adj (English)

1. (obsolete) Contracted; affianced; betrothed.Examples: "But thou, contracted to thine own bright eyes, feed'st thy light's flame with self-substantial fuel"not-comparableobsolete

2. (obsolete) Not abstract; concrete.Examples: "But now in eche kinde of these, there are certaine nombers named Abſtracte: and other called nombers Contracte."not-comparableobsolete

verb (English)

1. (ambitransitive) To draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen.Examples: "The snail’s body contracted into its shell."; "to contract one’s sphere of action"; "We ſee in all things how deſuetude do's contract and narrow our faculties, ſo that we may apprehend only thoſe things wherein we are converſant."Synonyms: abate, decrease, lessen, reduce, shorten, shrinkambitransitive

2. (grammar) To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one.Examples: "The word “cannot” is often contracted into “can’t”."

3. (intransitive) To make an agreement or contract; to covenant.Examples: "The company contracted with the council to build 200 new houses."intransitive

4. (transitive) To enter into a contract with (someone or something).Examples: "We have just contracted new pest control services."transitive

5. (transitive, archaic) To enter into (an agreement) with mutual obligations; to make (an arrangement).Examples: "We have contracted an inviolable amitie, peace, and league with the aforesaid Queene."; "Many persons […] had contracted marriage within the degrees of consanguinity […] prohibited by law."archaictransitive

6. (transitive) To bring on; to incur; to acquire.Examples: "She contracted the habit of smoking in her teens."; "to contract a debt"; "Smit with the love of Siſter-arts we came, / And met congenial, mingling flame with flame; / Like friendly colours found our arts unite, / Each from each contract new ſtrength and light."transitive

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "contract"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "contract"?

Scrabble
12 points
C3
O1
N1
T1
R1
A1
C3
T1
Words With Friends
15 points
C4
O1
N2
T1
R1
A1
C4
T1

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