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contrivance


contrivance - noun

  • a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
  • the faculty of contriving; inventive skill
  • an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
  • an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.
  • any improvised arrangement for temporary use
  • the act of devising something

    • contrivance - thesaurus

    appliance   contraption   convenience   devisal   dodge   gadget   gismo   gizmo   stratagem   widget  

    Scrabble score for contrivance

    c is 3 o is 1 n is 1 t is 1 r is 1 i is 1 v is 4 a is 1 n is 1 c is 3 e is 1
    Scrabble score = 18

    Please note that scrabble only allows seven tiles to be placed at once.

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