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Is contend a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word contend is a Scrabble US word. The word contend is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is contend a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word contend is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

C3O1N1T1E1N1D2

Is contend a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word contend is a Words With Friends word. The word contend is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

CONTEND,

6-letter words (4 found)

CONNED,DOCENT,NOCENT,TENDON,

5-letter words (16 found)

CENTO,CODEN,CONED,CONNE,CONTE,COTED,DONNE,NONCE,NONET,NOTED,ONCET,ONNED,TENNO,TENON,TONED,TONNE,

4-letter words (21 found)

CENT,CODE,COED,COND,CONE,CONN,COTE,DECO,DENT,DOEN,DONE,DOTE,ECOD,NEON,NODE,NONE,NOTE,ONCE,TEND,TOED,TONE,

3-letter words (25 found)

COD,CON,COT,DEN,DOC,DOE,DON,DOT,ECO,END,EON,NED,NET,NOD,NON,NOT,ODE,ONE,TEC,TED,TEN,TOC,TOD,TOE,TON,

2-letter words (12 found)

DE,DO,ED,EN,ET,NE,NO,OD,OE,ON,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 80 words from contend according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of contend

contend

Etymology

From Middle English contenden, borrowed from Old French contendre, from Latin contendere (“to stretch out, extend, strive after, contend”), from com- (“together”) + tendere (“to stretch”); see tend, and compare attend, extend, intend, subtend.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kənˈtɛnd/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnd

Verb

contend (third-person singular simple present contends, present participle contending, simple past and past participle contended)

  1. (intransitive) To be in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.
    • 2011, Osaiah "Ike" Wilson III, James J.F. Forrest, Handbook of Defence Politics
      the armies of Syria and Lebanon lack the capability to contend with the Israeli army, as demonstrated during the course of the First Lebanon War.
  2. (intransitive) To struggle or exert oneself to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend.
    • 17th century, John Dryden, Epistle III to the Lady Castlemain
      You sit above, and see vain men below / Contend for what you only can bestow.
  3. (intransitive) To be in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue.
  4. (intransitive) To believe (something is reasonable) and argue (for it); to advocate.
    • Supreme Court of the United States (2024) Trump v. Anderson‎s:Trump v. Anderson, page 1:
  5. contend with: To try to cope with a difficulty or problem.

Synonyms

  • (strive in opposition): fight, combat, vie, oppose
  • (struggle): struggle, strive, emulate (rare)
  • (strive in debate): contest, litigate, dispute, debate
  • (believe and argue): assert, aver

Related terms

  • contender
  • contention
  • contentious

Translations

Further reading

  • “contend”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “contend”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “contend”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Source: wiktionary.org