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Is contact a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word contact is a Scrabble US word. The word contact is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

C3O1N1T1A1C3T1

Is contact a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word contact is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

C3O1N1T1A1C3T1

Is contact a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word contact is a Words With Friends word. The word contact is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

C4O1N2T1A1C4T1

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7-letter words (1 found)

CONTACT,

6-letter words (2 found)

CATCON,OCTANT,

5-letter words (7 found)

ACTON,CANTO,COACT,COTAN,COTTA,OCTAN,TANTO,

4-letter words (10 found)

ATOC,CANT,COAT,COCA,COTT,NOTA,NOTT,OCTA,TACO,TACT,

3-letter words (17 found)

ACT,ANT,ATT,CAN,CAT,CON,COT,NAT,NOT,OAT,OCA,TAN,TAO,TAT,TOC,TON,TOT,

2-letter words (7 found)

AN,AT,NA,NO,ON,TA,TO,

You can make 44 words from contact according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of contact

contact

Etymology

From Latin contactus, from contingō (“I touch on all sides”), from tangō (“I touch”). Used in English since the 17th century.

Pronunciation

  • (noun):
    (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɑntækt/
    (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɒntækt/
  • (verb):
    (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɑntækt/, /kənˈtækt/
    (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɒntækt/, /kənˈtækt/
  • Rhymes: -ækt

Noun

contact (countable and uncountable, plural contacts)

  1. The act of touching physically; being in close association.
  2. The establishment of communication (with).
  3. The situation of being within sight of something; visual contact.
  4. A nodule designed to connect a device with something else.
  5. Someone who can be contacted, or with whom one is in communication.
  6. (informal) A contact lens.
  7. (electricity) A device designed for repetitive connections.
  8. (informal, by ellipsis) Contact juggling.
  9. (mining) The plane between two adjacent bodies of dissimilar rock.

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Translations

Verb

contact (third-person singular simple present contacts, present participle contacting, simple past and past participle contacted)

  1. (transitive, occasionally proscribed) To touch; to come into physical contact with.
  2. (transitive, occasionally proscribed) To establish communication with (something or someone).

Usage notes

  • The use of contact as a verb is occasionally discountenanced. Nonetheless, its usefulness and popularity have – at least to some extent – worn down resistance.

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Chinese

Etymology

From English contact.

Pronunciation

Noun

contact

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) contact details

Verb

contact

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to contact; to establish communication with

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • kontakt (superseded)

Etymology

Borrowed from French contact, from Latin contactus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔnˈtɑkt/
  • Hyphenation: con‧tact
  • Rhymes: -ɑkt

Noun

contact n (plural contacten, diminutive contactje n)

  1. physical contact, touching
  2. contact (close association)
  3. contact (communication, exchange)
  4. contact (someone with whom communication has been established)

Derived terms

Related terms

  • contacteren

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: kontak
  • → Caribbean Javanese: kontag
  • → Indonesian: kontak
  • → Javanese: ꦏꦺꦴꦤ꧀ꦠꦏ꧀ (kontak)
  • → West Frisian: kontakt

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin contactus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.takt/

Noun

contact m (plural contacts)

  1. (physical) contact; contact (with another person)
  2. contact (person that one knows)
  3. rapport
    Vous avez un bon contact avec les enfants. ― You have a good rapport with children.

Derived terms

  • clé de contact
  • contact visuel
  • lentille de contact
  • prendre contact

Further reading

  • “contact”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French contact.

Pronunciation

Noun

contact n (plural contacte)

  1. contact

Declension


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