Definition of construction

"construction" in the noun sense

1. construction, building

the act of constructing something

"during the construction we had to take a detour"

"his hobby was the building of boats"

2. construction, grammatical construction, expression

a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit

"I concluded from his awkward constructions that he was a foreigner"

3. construction, mental synthesis

the creation of a construct the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought

4. structure, construction

a thing constructed a complex entity constructed of many parts

"the structure consisted of a series of arches"

"she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons"

5. construction

drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem

"the assignment was to make a construction that could be used in proving the Pythagorean theorem"

6. construction, twist

an interpretation of a text or action

"they put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct"

7. construction, building

the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones

"their main business is home construction"

"workers in the building trades"

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Quotations for construction

Man is a carnivorous production,
And must have meals, at least one meal a day;
He cannot live, like woodcocks, upon suction.
But, like the shark and tiger, must have prey.
Although his anatomical construction
Bears vegetables, in a grumbling way,
Your laboring people think beyond all question,
Beef, veal, and mutton better for digestion. [ Byron ]

Criticism is not construction; it is observation. [ G. W. Curtis ]

There's no art To find the mind's construction in the face. [ William Shakespeare ]

There is no art whereby to find the mind's construction in the face. [ William Shakespeare ]

That fine part of our construction, the eye, seems as much the receptacle and seat of our passions as the mind itself; and at least it is the outward portal to introduce them to the house within, or rather the common thoroughfare to let our affections pass in and out. [ Addison ]

construction in Scrabble®

The word construction is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 16

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters construction:

CONSTRUCTION
(180)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (28 words)

citrons, coconut, concurs, consort, contort, contour, cottons, crouton, incrust, intorts, introns, intrust, inturns, nitrous, nonriot, nonsuit, notions, oncotic, riotous, risotto, suction, tictocs, torsion, tourist, tricots, unction, unicorn, unstoic

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word construction

CONSTRUCTION
(180)
CONSTRUCTION
(162)
CONSTRUCTION
(120)
CONSTRUCTION
(108)
CONSTRUCTION
(88)
CONSTRUCTION
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(72)
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(68)
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(68)
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(64)
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(64)
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(64)
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(64)
CONSTRUCTION
(54)
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(54)
CONSTRUCTION
(48)
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(40)
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(40)
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(40)
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(36)
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(26)
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CONSTRUCTION
(22)
CONSTRUCTION
(22)
CONSTRUCTION
(22)
CONSTRUCTION
(22)
CONSTRUCTION
(19)
CONSTRUCTION
(19)

The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In construction

CONSTRUCTION
(180)
CONSTRUCTION
(162)
CONSTRUCTION
(120)
CONSTRUCTION
(108)
ONCOTIC
(94 = 44 + 50)
TICTOCS
(94 = 44 + 50)
CONCURS
(94 = 44 + 50)
COCONUT
(94 = 44 + 50)
TICTOCS
(92 = 42 + 50)
CONCURS
(92 = 42 + 50)
ONCOTIC
(92 = 42 + 50)
CONCURS
(92 = 42 + 50)
TICTOCS
(92 = 42 + 50)
CONCURS
(92 = 42 + 50)
COCONUT
(92 = 42 + 50)
COCONUT
(92 = 42 + 50)
ONCOTIC
(92 = 42 + 50)
CONSTRUCTION
(88)
ONCOTIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
UNICORN
(86 = 36 + 50)
CONSORT
(86 = 36 + 50)
UNICORN
(86 = 36 + 50)
CONSORT
(86 = 36 + 50)
SUCTION
(86 = 36 + 50)
TICTOCS
(86 = 36 + 50)
TICTOCS
(86 = 36 + 50)
ONCOTIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
ONCOTIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
UNCTION
(86 = 36 + 50)
TICTOCS
(86 = 36 + 50)
TICTOCS
(86 = 36 + 50)
TICTOCS
(86 = 36 + 50)
UNICORN
(86 = 36 + 50)
CITRONS
(86 = 36 + 50)
TRICOTS
(86 = 36 + 50)
COCONUT
(86 = 36 + 50)
ONCOTIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
CROUTON
(86 = 36 + 50)
COCONUT
(86 = 36 + 50)
COCONUT
(86 = 36 + 50)
COCONUT
(86 = 36 + 50)
CROUTON
(86 = 36 + 50)
ONCOTIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
COCONUT
(86 = 36 + 50)
CONCURS
(86 = 36 + 50)
UNCTION
(86 = 36 + 50)
CONCURS
(86 = 36 + 50)
CONCURS
(86 = 36 + 50)
CONCURS
(86 = 36 + 50)
CONCURS
(86 = 36 + 50)
CITRONS
(86 = 36 + 50)
INCRUST
(86 = 36 + 50)
TRICOTS
(86 = 36 + 50)
CONTORT
(86 = 36 + 50)
TICTOCS
(86 = 36 + 50)
UNSTOIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
CONTORT
(86 = 36 + 50)
COTTONS
(86 = 36 + 50)
INCRUST
(86 = 36 + 50)
COTTONS
(86 = 36 + 50)
SUCTION
(86 = 36 + 50)
CONTOUR
(86 = 36 + 50)
UNSTOIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
CONTOUR
(86 = 36 + 50)
ONCOTIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
TRICOTS
(86 = 36 + 50)
COCONUT
(86 = 36 + 50)
TICTOCS
(84 = 34 + 50)
TICTOCS
(84 = 34 + 50)
COCONUT
(84 = 34 + 50)
COCONUT
(84 = 34 + 50)
ONCOTIC
(84 = 34 + 50)
CONCURS
(83 = 33 + 50)
COCONUT
(83 = 33 + 50)
ONCOTIC
(83 = 33 + 50)
TICTOCS
(83 = 33 + 50)
CONTOUR
(80 = 30 + 50)
COTTONS
(80 = 30 + 50)
COTTONS
(80 = 30 + 50)
CITRONS
(80 = 30 + 50)
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(80 = 30 + 50)
CITRONS
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COTTONS
(80 = 30 + 50)
CROUTON
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INCRUST
(80 = 30 + 50)
CONTOUR
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TRICOTS
(80 = 30 + 50)
CROUTON
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TICTOCS
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INCRUST
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CONTOUR
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CONTORT
(80 = 30 + 50)
SUCTION
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UNCTION
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COTTONS
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ONCOTIC
(80 = 30 + 50)
CONTOUR
(80 = 30 + 50)
INCRUST
(80 = 30 + 50)
CITRONS
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SUCTION
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UNSTOIC
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ONCOTIC
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(80 = 30 + 50)
CROUTON
(80 = 30 + 50)
UNCTION
(80 = 30 + 50)
CROUTON
(80 = 30 + 50)
TRICOTS
(80 = 30 + 50)
CONTOUR
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(80 = 30 + 50)
CONTORT
(80 = 30 + 50)
CROUTON
(80 = 30 + 50)
UNCTION
(80 = 30 + 50)
UNCTION
(80 = 30 + 50)
UNCTION
(80 = 30 + 50)
CROUTON
(80 = 30 + 50)
UNCTION
(80 = 30 + 50)
CITRONS
(80 = 30 + 50)
CITRONS
(80 = 30 + 50)
CONSTRUCTION
(80)
INCRUST
(80 = 30 + 50)
UNSTOIC
(80 = 30 + 50)
CONCURS
(80 = 30 + 50)
TRICOTS
(80 = 30 + 50)
CITRONS
(80 = 30 + 50)
UNCTION
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CONSORT
(80 = 30 + 50)
UNICORN
(80 = 30 + 50)
SUCTION
(80 = 30 + 50)
CONTOUR
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SUCTION
(80 = 30 + 50)
UNICORN
(80 = 30 + 50)
CONSORT
(80 = 30 + 50)
SUCTION
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(80 = 30 + 50)
CONSORT
(80 = 30 + 50)
COTTONS
(80 = 30 + 50)
UNCTION
(80 = 30 + 50)
CONSORT
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UNICORN
(80 = 30 + 50)
SUCTION
(80 = 30 + 50)
INCRUST
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CONTORT
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CONTORT
(80 = 30 + 50)
UNSTOIC
(80 = 30 + 50)
CONSORT
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CONSORT
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UNICORN
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INCRUST
(80 = 30 + 50)
TRICOTS
(80 = 30 + 50)
CONTORT
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UNSTOIC
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SUCTION
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CONTORT
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TRICOTS
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UNICORN
(80 = 30 + 50)
CROUTON
(80 = 30 + 50)
UNICORN
(80 = 30 + 50)
COTTONS
(80 = 30 + 50)
COTTONS
(80 = 30 + 50)
UNSTOIC
(80 = 30 + 50)
RIOTOUS
(78 = 28 + 50)
INTURNS
(78 = 28 + 50)
ONCOTIC
(78 = 28 + 50)
NITROUS
(78 = 28 + 50)
NOTIONS
(78 = 28 + 50)
NONRIOT
(78 = 28 + 50)
TOURIST
(78 = 28 + 50)
CONCURS
(78 = 28 + 50)
TICTOCS
(78 = 28 + 50)
INTORTS
(78 = 28 + 50)
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(78 = 28 + 50)
TORSION
(78 = 28 + 50)
ONCOTIC
(78 = 28 + 50)
TICTOCS
(78 = 28 + 50)
COCONUT
(78 = 28 + 50)
INTRUST
(78 = 28 + 50)
ONCOTIC
(78 = 28 + 50)
COCONUT
(78 = 28 + 50)
COCONUT
(78 = 28 + 50)
RISOTTO
(78 = 28 + 50)
NONSUIT
(78 = 28 + 50)
INTRONS
(78 = 28 + 50)
UNICORN
(77 = 27 + 50)
CONTOUR
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INCRUST
(77 = 27 + 50)
CONTORT
(77 = 27 + 50)
UNCTION
(77 = 27 + 50)
CROUTON
(77 = 27 + 50)
COTTONS
(77 = 27 + 50)
CITRONS
(77 = 27 + 50)
TRICOTS
(77 = 27 + 50)
UNSTOIC
(77 = 27 + 50)
SUCTION
(77 = 27 + 50)
CONSORT
(77 = 27 + 50)

construction in Words With Friends™

The word construction is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 21

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters construction:

CONSTRUCTION
(279)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (28 words)

citrons, coconut, concurs, consort, contort, contour, cottons, crouton, incrust, intorts, introns, intrust, inturns, nitrous, nonriot, nonsuit, notions, oncotic, riotous, risotto, suction, tictocs, torsion, tourist, tricots, unction, unicorn, unstoic

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word construction

CONSTRUCTION
(279)
CONSTRUCTION
(243)
CONSTRUCTION
(243)
CONSTRUCTION
(225)
CONSTRUCTION
(186)
CONSTRUCTION
(162)
CONSTRUCTION
(104)
CONSTRUCTION
(96)
CONSTRUCTION
(92)
CONSTRUCTION
(88)
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(84)
CONSTRUCTION
(84)
CONSTRUCTION
(84)
CONSTRUCTION
(84)
CONSTRUCTION
(62)
CONSTRUCTION
(58)
CONSTRUCTION
(54)
CONSTRUCTION
(50)
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(50)
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(50)
CONSTRUCTION
(31)
CONSTRUCTION
(30)
CONSTRUCTION
(29)
CONSTRUCTION
(29)
CONSTRUCTION
(27)
CONSTRUCTION
(27)
CONSTRUCTION
(26)
CONSTRUCTION
(26)
CONSTRUCTION
(24)
CONSTRUCTION
(24)
CONSTRUCTION
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CONSTRUCTION
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In construction

CONSTRUCTION
(279)
CONSTRUCTION
(243)
CONSTRUCTION
(243)
CONSTRUCTION
(225)
CONSTRUCTION
(186)
CONSTRUCTION
(162)
COCONUT
(128 = 93 + 35)
CONCURS
(116 = 81 + 35)
UNICORN
(110 = 75 + 35)
UNCTION
(110 = 75 + 35)
CONCURS
(110 = 75 + 35)
CONCURS
(110 = 75 + 35)
CONTOUR
(107 = 72 + 35)
ONCOTIC
(107 = 72 + 35)
ONCOTIC
(107 = 72 + 35)
TICTOCS
(104 = 69 + 35)
CONCURS
(104 = 69 + 35)
TICTOCS
(104 = 69 + 35)
CONSORT
(104 = 69 + 35)
UNICORN
(104 = 69 + 35)
CONCURS
(104 = 69 + 35)
CONSTRUCTION
(104)
CONCURS
(104 = 69 + 35)
COCONUT
(104 = 69 + 35)
CONTORT
(104 = 69 + 35)
ONCOTIC
(101 = 66 + 35)
CROUTON
(101 = 66 + 35)
SUCTION
(101 = 66 + 35)
UNSTOIC
(101 = 66 + 35)
INCRUST
(101 = 66 + 35)
CONCURS
(98 = 63 + 35)
UNICORN
(98 = 63 + 35)
COTTONS
(98 = 63 + 35)
UNICORN
(98 = 63 + 35)
COCONUT
(98 = 63 + 35)
COCONUT
(98 = 63 + 35)
TICTOCS
(98 = 63 + 35)
CITRONS
(98 = 63 + 35)
CONSTRUCTION
(96)
ONCOTIC
(95 = 60 + 35)
COCONUT
(95 = 60 + 35)
CONTOUR
(95 = 60 + 35)
TRICOTS
(95 = 60 + 35)
CROUTON
(95 = 60 + 35)
COCONUT
(95 = 60 + 35)
COCONUT
(95 = 60 + 35)
TRICOTS
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CONCURS
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CONCURS
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CONCURS
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UNSTOIC
(95 = 60 + 35)
CONSORT
(92 = 57 + 35)
CONTORT
(92 = 57 + 35)
UNCTION
(92 = 57 + 35)
UNCTION
(92 = 57 + 35)
CONSTRUCTION
(92)
COTTONS
(92 = 57 + 35)
UNICORN
(92 = 57 + 35)
COCONUT
(92 = 57 + 35)
CITRONS
(92 = 57 + 35)
UNICORN
(92 = 57 + 35)
COCONUT
(92 = 57 + 35)
ONCOTIC
(91 = 56 + 35)
ONCOTIC
(91 = 56 + 35)
ONCOTIC
(91 = 56 + 35)
INCRUST
(89 = 54 + 35)
ONCOTIC
(89 = 54 + 35)
INCRUST
(89 = 54 + 35)
UNSTOIC
(89 = 54 + 35)
UNSTOIC
(89 = 54 + 35)
INTURNS
(89 = 54 + 35)
NONSUIT
(89 = 54 + 35)
TRICOTS
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INTURNS
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ONCOTIC
(89 = 54 + 35)
CROUTON
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TRICOTS
(89 = 54 + 35)
CROUTON
(89 = 54 + 35)
CONTOUR
(89 = 54 + 35)
SUCTION
(89 = 54 + 35)
CROUTON
(89 = 54 + 35)
SUCTION
(89 = 54 + 35)
CONSTRUCTION
(88)
TICTOCS
(87 = 52 + 35)
UNCTION
(87 = 52 + 35)
UNCTION
(87 = 52 + 35)
UNCTION
(87 = 52 + 35)
UNICORN
(87 = 52 + 35)
TICTOCS
(87 = 52 + 35)
TICTOCS
(87 = 52 + 35)
UNICORN
(87 = 52 + 35)
UNICORN
(87 = 52 + 35)
CONCURS
(86 = 51 + 35)
CONCURS
(86 = 51 + 35)
UNICORN
(86 = 51 + 35)
COTTONS
(86 = 51 + 35)
CONCURS
(86 = 51 + 35)
UNCTION
(86 = 51 + 35)
UNICORN
(86 = 51 + 35)
UNCTION
(86 = 51 + 35)
UNCTION
(86 = 51 + 35)
UNCTION
(86 = 51 + 35)
CITRONS
(86 = 51 + 35)
TICTOCS
(86 = 51 + 35)
COCONUT
(86 = 51 + 35)
TICTOCS
(86 = 51 + 35)
NONRIOT
(86 = 51 + 35)
COCONUT
(86 = 51 + 35)
COCONUT
(86 = 51 + 35)
COCONUT
(86 = 51 + 35)
UNICORN
(86 = 51 + 35)
CONSTRUCTION
(84)
CONSTRUCTION
(84)
CONSTRUCTION
(84)
CONSTRUCTION
(84)
UNSTOIC
(83 = 48 + 35)
CROUTON
(83 = 48 + 35)
CROUTON
(83 = 48 + 35)
UNSTOIC
(83 = 48 + 35)
CROUTON
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UNSTOIC
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CROUTON
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ONCOTIC
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UNSTOIC
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ONCOTIC
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CROUTON
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UNSTOIC
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CROUTON
(83 = 48 + 35)
UNSTOIC
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SUCTION
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INCRUST
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CONTOUR
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SUCTION
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SUCTION
(83 = 48 + 35)
SUCTION
(83 = 48 + 35)
SUCTION
(83 = 48 + 35)
CONTOUR
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CONTOUR
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CONTOUR
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NONSUIT
(83 = 48 + 35)
SUCTION
(83 = 48 + 35)
INCRUST
(83 = 48 + 35)
ONCOTIC
(83 = 48 + 35)
INCRUST
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INCRUST
(83 = 48 + 35)
INCRUST
(83 = 48 + 35)
ONCOTIC
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CONTOUR
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CONTOUR
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COCONUT
(81 = 46 + 35)
CONCURS
(81 = 46 + 35)
COCONUT
(81 = 46 + 35)
TICTOCS
(80 = 45 + 35)
UNCTION
(80 = 45 + 35)
NOTIONS
(80 = 45 + 35)
UNCTION
(80 = 45 + 35)
CONSORT
(80 = 45 + 35)
CONTORT
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CITRONS
(80 = 45 + 35)
CONSORT
(80 = 45 + 35)
TICTOCS
(80 = 45 + 35)
TICTOCS
(80 = 45 + 35)
NITROUS
(80 = 45 + 35)
CITRONS
(80 = 45 + 35)
UNCTION
(80 = 45 + 35)
CITRONS
(80 = 45 + 35)
NOTIONS
(80 = 45 + 35)
NITROUS
(80 = 45 + 35)
CONTORT
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TICTOCS
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COTTONS
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COTTONS
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INTRUST
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CONTORT
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UNICORN
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CONSORT
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INTRONS
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(80 = 45 + 35)
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(80 = 45 + 35)
CITRONS
(79 = 44 + 35)
CITRONS
(79 = 44 + 35)
COTTONS
(79 = 44 + 35)
ONCOTIC
(79 = 44 + 35)
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CONSORT
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CITRONS
(79 = 44 + 35)
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COTTONS
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CONSORT
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CONTORT
(79 = 44 + 35)
CONCUR
(78)
CURCIN
(78)
NONSUIT
(77 = 42 + 35)
UNSTOIC
(77 = 42 + 35)
INCRUST
(77 = 42 + 35)

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