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Yes. The word contrary is a Scrabble US word. The word contrary is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

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Is contrary a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word contrary is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

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8-letter words (1 found)

CONTRARY,

7-letter words (2 found)

CARROTY,CARRYON,

6-letter words (12 found)

AROYNT,CANTOR,CARRON,CARROT,CARTON,CONTRA,CRATON,CRAYON,NOTARY,RANCOR,ROTARY,TROCAR,

5-letter words (33 found)

ACORN,ACTON,ACTOR,ATONY,AYONT,CANTO,CANTY,CARNY,CARON,CARRY,CORNY,COTAN,CRONY,CYANO,CYTON,NARCO,OCTAN,ORACY,ORANT,OTARY,RACON,RAYON,ROARY,RORTY,ROTAN,TAROC,TARRY,TORAN,TRONA,TRONC,TYRAN,YARCO,YARTO,

4-letter words (51 found)

ACRO,ARCO,ARTY,ATOC,CANT,CANY,CARN,CARR,CART,COAT,CONY,CORN,CORY,CRAN,CRAY,CRON,CYAN,NARC,NARY,NOTA,OARY,OATY,OCTA,ORCA,ORRA,RACY,RANT,RATO,ROAN,ROAR,RONT,RORT,RORY,ROTA,RYOT,TACO,TARN,TARO,TONY,TORA,TORC,TORN,TORR,TORY,TRAY,TRON,TROY,TYRO,YARN,YARR,YONT,

3-letter words (44 found)

ACT,ANT,ANY,ARC,ART,ARY,CAN,CAR,CAT,CAY,CON,COR,COT,COY,CRY,NAT,NAY,NOR,NOT,NOY,OAR,OAT,OCA,ONY,ORA,ORC,ORT,RAN,RAT,RAY,ROC,ROT,RYA,TAN,TAO,TAR,TAY,TOC,TON,TOR,TOY,TRY,YAR,YON,

2-letter words (14 found)

AN,AR,AT,AY,NA,NO,NY,ON,OR,OY,TA,TO,YA,YO,

You can make 157 words from contrary according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of contrary

contrary

Etymology

From Middle English contrarie, compare French contraire, from Old French contraire, from Latin contrārius (“opposite, opposed, contrary”), from contrā (“against”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɒntɹəɹi/, /kənˈtɹɛəɹi/, (haplology) /ˈkɒntɹi/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɑntɹɛɹi/
  • (some pronunciations) Rhymes: -ɛəɹi

Adjective

contrary (comparative more contrary, superlative most contrary)

  1. Opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse.
  2. Opposed; contradictory; inconsistent.
  3. Given to opposition; perverse; wayward.

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Translations

Adverb

contrary (comparative more contrary, superlative most contrary)

  1. Contrarily

Noun

contrary (plural contraries)

  1. The opposite.
  2. (logic) One of a pair of propositions that cannot both be simultaneously true, though they may both be false.

Synonyms

  • witherward

Derived terms

Related terms

  • (logic): subcontrary
  • contrarian

Translations

Verb

contrary (third-person singular simple present contraries, present participle contrarying, simple past and past participle contraried)

  1. (obsolete) To oppose; to frustrate.
  2. (obsolete) To impugn.
  3. (obsolete) To contradict (someone or something).
  4. (obsolete) To do the opposite of (someone or something).
  5. (obsolete) To act inconsistently or perversely; to act in opposition to.
  6. (obsolete) To argue; to debate; to uphold an opposite opinion.
  7. (obsolete) To be self-contradictory; to become reversed.

Related terms

  • contra
  • counter

Translations

References

  • “contrary”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “contrary”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “contrary”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “contrary”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

Source: wiktionary.org