Scrabble & Words with friends points
- contrivances is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 19
- contrivances is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 19
- contrivances is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 24
Definition of contrivances
- any improvised arrangement for temporary use (noun)
Synonyms
- lash-up
- an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade (noun)
Examples
- his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track
Synonyms
- dodge
- stratagem
- a device or control that is very useful for a particular job (noun)
Synonyms
- appliance
- contraption
- convenience
- gadget
- gismo
- gizmo
- widget
- the act of devising something (noun)
Synonyms
- devisal
- an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc. (noun)
Examples
- the plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable
- the faculty of contriving; inventive skill (noun)
Examples
- his skillful contrivance of answers to every problem
See definition of contrivances in Merriam Webster