contract
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When contract helps
Base Score
8
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
6
A C N O R T
Two-Letter Start
CO
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
CT
Check this pattern late
- 8 letters
- 6 unique letters
- CO start
- CT ending
- repeated letters
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- contract is worth 8 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 6 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, c, n, o, r, t plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (C x2, T x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The CT ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the CO start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily snapshot.
Pronunciation
noun
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.
"Marriage is a contract."
noun
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.
noun
A part of legal studies dealing with laws and jurisdiction related to contracts.
noun
An order, usually given to a hired assassin, to kill someone.
"The mafia boss put a contract out on the man who betrayed him."
noun
The declarer's undertaking to win the number of tricks bid with a stated suit as trump.
adjective
Contracted; affianced; betrothed.
adjective
Not abstract; concrete.
verb
To draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen.
"The snail's body contracted into its shell."
verb
(grammar) To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one.
"The word "cannot" is often contracted into "can't"."
verb
To enter into a contract with.
verb
To enter into, with mutual obligations; to make a bargain or covenant for.
verb
To make an agreement or contract; to covenant; to agree; to bargain.
"to contract for carrying the mail"
verb
To bring on; to incur; to acquire.
"She contracted the habit of smoking in her teens."
verb
To gain or acquire (an illness).
verb
To draw together so as to wrinkle; to knit.
verb
To betroth; to affiance.