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Is contract a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word contract is a Scrabble US word. The word contract is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is contract a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word contract is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

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Yes. The word contract is a Words With Friends word. The word contract is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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8-letter words (1 found)

CONTRACT,

7-letter words (2 found)

CONTACT,CONTRAT,

6-letter words (10 found)

ATTORN,CANTOR,CARTON,CATCON,CONTRA,COTTAR,CRATON,OCTANT,RATTON,ROTTAN,

5-letter words (24 found)

ACORN,ACTON,ACTOR,CANTO,CARON,COACT,COTAN,COTTA,NARCO,OCTAN,ORANT,OTTAR,RACON,ROTAN,TANTO,TAROC,TAROT,TORAN,TORTA,TRACT,TRANT,TROAT,TRONA,TRONC,

4-letter words (35 found)

ACRO,ARCO,ATOC,CANT,CARN,CART,COAT,COCA,CORN,COTT,CRAN,CROC,CRON,NARC,NOTA,NOTT,OCTA,ORCA,RANT,RATO,ROAN,RONT,ROTA,TACO,TACT,TARN,TARO,TART,TORA,TORC,TORN,TORT,TRAT,TRON,TROT,

3-letter words (32 found)

ACT,ANT,ARC,ART,ATT,CAN,CAR,CAT,CON,COR,COT,NAT,NOR,NOT,OAR,OAT,OCA,ORA,ORC,ORT,RAN,RAT,ROC,ROT,TAN,TAO,TAR,TAT,TOC,TON,TOR,TOT,

2-letter words (9 found)

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

You can make 113 words from contract according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of contract

contract

Etymology 1

From Middle English, from Old French contract, from Latin contractum, past participle of contrahere (“to bring together, to bring about, to conclude a bargain”), from con- (“with, together”) + trahere (“to draw, to pull”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: kŏn'trăkt
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɒntɹækt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɑntɹækt/

Noun

contract (plural contracts)

  1. An agreement between two or more parties, to perform a specific job or work order, often temporary or of fixed duration and usually governed by a written agreement.
    Synonyms: compact, pact
    sign a contract
    write up a contract
    read a contract
    countersign a contract
    legally-binding contract
    unwritten contract
  2. (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.
  3. (law) The document containing such an agreement.
  4. (law) A part of legal studies dealing with laws and jurisdiction related to contracts.
  5. (informal) An order, usually given to a hired assassin, to kill someone.
  6. (bridge) The declarer's undertaking to win the number of tricks bid with a stated suit as trump.
Synonyms
  • (part of legal studies): contract law
Hypernyms
  • (agreement that is legally binding): agreement
Hyponyms
  • (agreement that is legally binding): bailment
Derived terms
Translations

Adjective

contract (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Contracted; affianced; betrothed.
  2. (obsolete) Not abstract; concrete.

Etymology 2

From Middle English, from Middle French contracter, from Latin contractum, past participle of contrahere (“to bring together, to bring about, to conclude a bargain”), from con- (“with, together”) + trahere (“to draw, to pull”). The verb developed after the noun, and originally meant only "draw together"; the sense "make a contract with" developed later.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: kəntrăkt, IPA(key): /kənˈtɹækt/
  • Rhymes: -ækt

Verb

contract (third-person singular simple present contracts, present participle contracting, simple past and past participle contracted)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen.
  2. (grammar) To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one.
  3. (transitive) To enter into a contract with. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  4. (transitive) To enter into, with mutual obligations; to make a bargain or covenant for.
  5. (intransitive) To make an agreement or contract; to covenant; to agree; to bargain.
  6. (transitive) To bring on; to incur; to acquire.
  7. (transitive) To gain or acquire (an illness).
  8. To draw together so as to wrinkle; to knit.
  9. To betroth; to affiance.
Synonyms
  • (lessen): abate, decrease, lessen, reduce
  • (shorten): shorten, shrink
  • (gain or acquire (an illness)): catch, get
Antonyms
  • (antonym(s) of "lessen"): increase, expand
  • (antonym(s) of "shorten"): grow, lengthen
Translations

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch contract, from Old French contract, from Latin contractum, past participle of contrahō (“to bring together, to bring about, to conclude a bargain”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔnˈtrɑkt/
  • Hyphenation: con‧tract
  • Rhymes: -ɑkt

Noun

contract n (plural contracten, diminutive contractje n)

  1. contract

Synonyms

  • overeenkomst

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: kontrak
  • Negerhollands: kontragt
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: kantrák
  • → Caribbean Javanese: kontrak
  • → Indonesian: kontrak
  • → Papiamentu: kontrakt
  • → West Frisian: kontrakt

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French contrat, from Latin contractus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /konˈtrakt/

Noun

contract n (plural contracte)

  1. contract

Declension

Scots

Etymology

From English contract.

Noun

contract (plural contracts)

  1. contract

Welsh

Etymology

From English contract.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔntrakt/

Noun

contract m (plural contractau)

  1. contract
    Synonym: cytundeb

Mutation

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “contract”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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