Definition of contradistinction

"contradistinction" in the noun sense

1. contradistinction

a distinction drawn on the basis of contrast

"sculpture in contradistinction to painting"

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contradistinction in Scrabble®

The word contradistinction is not scrabbleable. It is 17 letters long, too long to fit on a Scrabble board (15 letters max).

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters contradistinction:

CONCORD
(98 = 48 + 50)
OCTADIC
(98 = 48 + 50)
CRICOID
(98 = 48 + 50)
ACCORDS
(98 = 48 + 50)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (106 words)

accords, actinic, actions, andiron, anionic, anodont, anoints, arctics, astroid, atonics, attrist, candors, cannons, canonic, cantons, cantors, carotid, cartons, cartoon, cations, citator, citrons, coactor, coarcts, concord, condors, conidia, consort, contact, contain, contort, corands, cordons, coronas, cottons, cratons, cricoid, crinoid, critics, diarist, diction, discant, disroot, distant, distort, doctors, donairs, drastic, iconist, idiotic, incants, incisor, indians, indicts, indoors, innards, inroads, instant, intorts, introns, isodont, nanodot, nanorod, nations, niacins, nicosia, nonacid, nonarts, noniron, nonriot, nordics, notator, notions, octadic, octants, odorant, oncotic, oration, ordains, raccoon, racoons, rations, rattons, rattoon, ricotta, risotto, satiric, sciatic, scoriac, soricid, stannic, station, straint, tactics, tannins, tantric, tattoos, tictacs, tictocs, titanic, tornado, toroids, torsion, transit, triadic, tricots

 

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

CONCORD
(98 = 48 + 50)
OCTADIC
(98 = 48 + 50)
CRICOID
(98 = 48 + 50)
ACCORDS
(98 = 48 + 50)
ACCORDS
(95 = 45 + 50)
ACCORDS
(95 = 45 + 50)
CRICOID
(95 = 45 + 50)
CONCORD
(95 = 45 + 50)
OCTADIC
(95 = 45 + 50)
OCTADIC
(95 = 45 + 50)
CRICOID
(95 = 45 + 50)
CRICOID
(95 = 45 + 50)
CONCORD
(95 = 45 + 50)
CONCORD
(95 = 45 + 50)
ARCTICS
(94 = 44 + 50)
COACTOR
(94 = 44 + 50)
SCORIAC
(94 = 44 + 50)
CANONIC
(94 = 44 + 50)
TICTOCS
(94 = 44 + 50)
COARCTS
(94 = 44 + 50)
ONCOTIC
(94 = 44 + 50)
SCIATIC
(94 = 44 + 50)
TACTICS
(94 = 44 + 50)
ACTINIC
(94 = 44 + 50)
CRITICS
(94 = 44 + 50)
CONTACT
(94 = 44 + 50)
RACCOON
(94 = 44 + 50)
TICTACS
(94 = 44 + 50)
ACTINIC
(92 = 42 + 50)
TACTICS
(92 = 42 + 50)
CRICOID
(92 = 42 + 50)
COACTOR
(92 = 42 + 50)
ACCORDS
(92 = 42 + 50)
CANONIC
(92 = 42 + 50)
RACCOON
(92 = 42 + 50)
ONCOTIC
(92 = 42 + 50)
TICTACS
(92 = 42 + 50)
OCTADIC
(92 = 42 + 50)
ARCTICS
(92 = 42 + 50)
CANONIC
(92 = 42 + 50)
RACCOON
(92 = 42 + 50)
CONCORD
(92 = 42 + 50)
SCIATIC
(92 = 42 + 50)
COACTOR
(92 = 42 + 50)
RACCOON
(92 = 42 + 50)
TICTOCS
(92 = 42 + 50)
SCORIAC
(92 = 42 + 50)
COARCTS
(92 = 42 + 50)
SCIATIC
(92 = 42 + 50)
COARCTS
(92 = 42 + 50)
TICTACS
(92 = 42 + 50)
ONCOTIC
(92 = 42 + 50)
CRITICS
(92 = 42 + 50)
CRITICS
(92 = 42 + 50)
ARCTICS
(92 = 42 + 50)
CONTACT
(92 = 42 + 50)
ACTINIC
(92 = 42 + 50)
TACTICS
(92 = 42 + 50)
CONTACT
(92 = 42 + 50)
TICTOCS
(92 = 42 + 50)
SCORIAC
(92 = 42 + 50)
COACTOR
(92 = 42 + 50)
INDICTS
(90 = 40 + 50)
CONIDIA
(90 = 40 + 50)
CORANDS
(90 = 40 + 50)
DICTION
(90 = 40 + 50)
TRIADIC
(90 = 40 + 50)
NORDICS
(90 = 40 + 50)
NONACID
(90 = 40 + 50)
CONDORS
(90 = 40 + 50)
CORDONS
(90 = 40 + 50)
CAROTID
(90 = 40 + 50)
CRINOID
(90 = 40 + 50)
DISCANT
(90 = 40 + 50)
CANDORS
(90 = 40 + 50)
SORICID
(90 = 40 + 50)
DOCTORS
(90 = 40 + 50)
IDIOTIC
(90 = 40 + 50)
DRASTIC
(90 = 40 + 50)
TRIADIC
(89 = 39 + 50)
OCTADIC
(89 = 39 + 50)
CONCORD
(89 = 39 + 50)
CORANDS
(89 = 39 + 50)
CONCORD
(89 = 39 + 50)
CRICOID
(89 = 39 + 50)
CRICOID
(89 = 39 + 50)
DISCANT
(89 = 39 + 50)
OCTADIC
(89 = 39 + 50)
NONACID
(89 = 39 + 50)
DOCTORS
(89 = 39 + 50)
CRICOID
(89 = 39 + 50)
CRICOID
(89 = 39 + 50)
INDICTS
(89 = 39 + 50)
CRINOID
(89 = 39 + 50)
IDIOTIC
(89 = 39 + 50)
DRASTIC
(89 = 39 + 50)
CONIDIA
(89 = 39 + 50)
DISCANT
(89 = 39 + 50)
OCTADIC
(89 = 39 + 50)
ACCORDS
(89 = 39 + 50)
CANDORS
(89 = 39 + 50)
OCTADIC
(89 = 39 + 50)
DICTION
(89 = 39 + 50)
CONCORD
(89 = 39 + 50)
ACCORDS
(89 = 39 + 50)
ACCORDS
(89 = 39 + 50)
NORDICS
(89 = 39 + 50)
CORDONS
(89 = 39 + 50)
ACCORDS
(89 = 39 + 50)
ACCORDS
(89 = 39 + 50)
CAROTID
(89 = 39 + 50)
CONCORD
(89 = 39 + 50)
OCTADIC
(89 = 39 + 50)
CONDORS
(89 = 39 + 50)
SORICID
(89 = 39 + 50)
ARCTICS
(86 = 36 + 50)
COARCTS
(86 = 36 + 50)
CRITICS
(86 = 36 + 50)
SATIRIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
NORDICS
(86 = 36 + 50)
CATIONS
(86 = 36 + 50)
CONSORT
(86 = 36 + 50)
SORICID
(86 = 36 + 50)
ARCTICS
(86 = 36 + 50)
TITANIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
CANTORS
(86 = 36 + 50)
CARTONS
(86 = 36 + 50)
STANNIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
ACTINIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
DOCTORS
(86 = 36 + 50)
ARCTICS
(86 = 36 + 50)
CORDONS
(86 = 36 + 50)
NIACINS
(86 = 36 + 50)
NONACID
(86 = 36 + 50)
ACTINIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
RACCOON
(86 = 36 + 50)
CARTOON
(86 = 36 + 50)
ONCOTIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
CONSORT
(86 = 36 + 50)
CANTORS
(86 = 36 + 50)
SCIATIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
CRITICS
(86 = 36 + 50)
CRITICS
(86 = 36 + 50)
OCTANTS
(86 = 36 + 50)
TITANIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
ARCTICS
(86 = 36 + 50)
ANIONIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
CONIDIA
(86 = 36 + 50)
CATIONS
(86 = 36 + 50)
CRITICS
(86 = 36 + 50)
CRITICS
(86 = 36 + 50)
CONTACT
(86 = 36 + 50)
INCANTS
(86 = 36 + 50)
CONTACT
(86 = 36 + 50)
COARCTS
(86 = 36 + 50)
SCIATIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
DICTION
(86 = 36 + 50)
COARCTS
(86 = 36 + 50)
COARCTS
(86 = 36 + 50)
STANNIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
INDICTS
(86 = 36 + 50)
COARCTS
(86 = 36 + 50)
CORDONS
(86 = 36 + 50)
CAROTID
(86 = 36 + 50)
CONTACT
(86 = 36 + 50)
INCANTS
(86 = 36 + 50)
OCTADIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
SCIATIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
INCISOR
(86 = 36 + 50)
SCIATIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
ARCTICS
(86 = 36 + 50)
ACTINIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
ARCTICS
(86 = 36 + 50)
CORONAS
(86 = 36 + 50)
CARTONS
(86 = 36 + 50)
INCISOR
(86 = 36 + 50)
TRIADIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
CORONAS
(86 = 36 + 50)
TANTRIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
NIACINS
(86 = 36 + 50)
ACTINIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
ANIONIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
TRICOTS
(86 = 36 + 50)
CRITICS
(86 = 36 + 50)
COARCTS
(86 = 36 + 50)
SCIATIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
OCTADIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
CONTACT
(86 = 36 + 50)
TANTRIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
TRICOTS
(86 = 36 + 50)
CARTOON
(86 = 36 + 50)
DRASTIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
COACTOR
(86 = 36 + 50)
ONCOTIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
TICTOCS
(86 = 36 + 50)
RICOTTA
(86 = 36 + 50)
TICTOCS
(86 = 36 + 50)
SCORIAC
(86 = 36 + 50)
ONCOTIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
ACTINIC
(86 = 36 + 50)

contradistinction in Words With Friends™

The word contradistinction cannot be made in Words With Friends™. It is 17 letters long, too long to fit on a WordsWithFriends board (15 letters max).

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters contradistinction:

CANONIC
(116 = 81 + 35)
CANONIC
(116 = 81 + 35)
CONCORD
(116 = 81 + 35)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (106 words)

accords, actinic, actions, andiron, anionic, anodont, anoints, arctics, astroid, atonics, attrist, candors, cannons, canonic, cantons, cantors, carotid, cartons, cartoon, cations, citator, citrons, coactor, coarcts, concord, condors, conidia, consort, contact, contain, contort, corands, cordons, coronas, cottons, cratons, cricoid, crinoid, critics, diarist, diction, discant, disroot, distant, distort, doctors, donairs, drastic, iconist, idiotic, incants, incisor, indians, indicts, indoors, innards, inroads, instant, intorts, introns, isodont, nanodot, nanorod, nations, niacins, nicosia, nonacid, nonarts, noniron, nonriot, nordics, notator, notions, octadic, octants, odorant, oncotic, oration, ordains, raccoon, racoons, rations, rattons, rattoon, ricotta, risotto, satiric, sciatic, scoriac, soricid, stannic, station, straint, tactics, tannins, tantric, tattoos, tictacs, tictocs, titanic, tornado, toroids, torsion, transit, triadic, tricots

 

The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In contradistinction

CANONIC
(116 = 81 + 35)
CANONIC
(116 = 81 + 35)
CONCORD
(116 = 81 + 35)
OCTADIC
(113 = 78 + 35)
CONTACT
(113 = 78 + 35)
ACTINIC
(113 = 78 + 35)
NONACID
(110 = 75 + 35)
CONCORD
(110 = 75 + 35)
CANNONS
(110 = 75 + 35)
CONCORD
(110 = 75 + 35)
CONIDIA
(107 = 72 + 35)
ACCORDS
(107 = 72 + 35)
CONTACT
(107 = 72 + 35)
DICTION
(107 = 72 + 35)
ANIONIC
(107 = 72 + 35)
RACCOON
(107 = 72 + 35)
OCTADIC
(107 = 72 + 35)
CONTAIN
(107 = 72 + 35)
ACCORDS
(107 = 72 + 35)
RACCOON
(107 = 72 + 35)
ONCOTIC
(107 = 72 + 35)
RACCOON
(107 = 72 + 35)
CRICOID
(107 = 72 + 35)
CRICOID
(107 = 72 + 35)
CRICOID
(107 = 72 + 35)
NORDICS
(107 = 72 + 35)
ACTINIC
(107 = 72 + 35)
CANTONS
(107 = 72 + 35)
NIACINS
(107 = 72 + 35)
CANDORS
(107 = 72 + 35)
DISCANT
(107 = 72 + 35)
ONCOTIC
(107 = 72 + 35)
CONDORS
(107 = 72 + 35)
STANNIC
(107 = 72 + 35)
CANONIC
(104 = 69 + 35)
COARCTS
(104 = 69 + 35)
CANTORS
(104 = 69 + 35)
NICOSIA
(104 = 69 + 35)
TICTACS
(104 = 69 + 35)
TACTICS
(104 = 69 + 35)
ARCTICS
(104 = 69 + 35)
CONCORD
(104 = 69 + 35)
COACTOR
(104 = 69 + 35)
TICTOCS
(104 = 69 + 35)
CONSORT
(104 = 69 + 35)
CANONIC
(104 = 69 + 35)
COACTOR
(104 = 69 + 35)
CONCORD
(104 = 69 + 35)
ARCTICS
(104 = 69 + 35)
TACTICS
(104 = 69 + 35)
COACTOR
(104 = 69 + 35)
DOCTORS
(104 = 69 + 35)
ATONICS
(104 = 69 + 35)
SCIATIC
(104 = 69 + 35)
TRIADIC
(104 = 69 + 35)
CONTORT
(104 = 69 + 35)
SCORIAC
(104 = 69 + 35)
TICTACS
(104 = 69 + 35)
CRITICS
(104 = 69 + 35)
SCORIAC
(104 = 69 + 35)
SCIATIC
(104 = 69 + 35)
TICTOCS
(104 = 69 + 35)
COARCTS
(104 = 69 + 35)
SORICID
(104 = 69 + 35)
CRITICS
(104 = 69 + 35)
TITANIC
(104 = 69 + 35)
CONCORD
(104 = 69 + 35)
ICONIST
(104 = 69 + 35)
ACTINIC
(101 = 66 + 35)
ACCORDS
(101 = 66 + 35)
CRICOID
(101 = 66 + 35)
RACCOON
(101 = 66 + 35)
ONCOTIC
(101 = 66 + 35)
OCTADIC
(101 = 66 + 35)
CRICOID
(101 = 66 + 35)
OCTADIC
(101 = 66 + 35)
CONTACT
(101 = 66 + 35)
CONTACT
(101 = 66 + 35)
ACTINIC
(101 = 66 + 35)
RACCOON
(101 = 66 + 35)
CORDONS
(101 = 66 + 35)
NIACINS
(101 = 66 + 35)
CORANDS
(101 = 66 + 35)
DISCANT
(101 = 66 + 35)
CRINOID
(101 = 66 + 35)
INDICTS
(101 = 66 + 35)
INCANTS
(101 = 66 + 35)
CRICOID
(101 = 66 + 35)
CRITICS
(98 = 63 + 35)
TICTACS
(98 = 63 + 35)
CRATONS
(98 = 63 + 35)
COACTOR
(98 = 63 + 35)
RACOONS
(98 = 63 + 35)
SCORIAC
(98 = 63 + 35)
CANNONS
(98 = 63 + 35)
SCIATIC
(98 = 63 + 35)
COACTOR
(98 = 63 + 35)
TICTOCS
(98 = 63 + 35)
COTTONS
(98 = 63 + 35)
TACTICS
(98 = 63 + 35)
TANTRIC
(98 = 63 + 35)
CANNONS
(98 = 63 + 35)
OCTANTS
(98 = 63 + 35)
SCORIAC
(98 = 63 + 35)
CRITICS
(98 = 63 + 35)
CORONAS
(98 = 63 + 35)
CITRONS
(98 = 63 + 35)
CATIONS
(98 = 63 + 35)
CONCORD
(98 = 63 + 35)
DRASTIC
(98 = 63 + 35)
NONACID
(98 = 63 + 35)
COARCTS
(98 = 63 + 35)
ARCTICS
(98 = 63 + 35)
CARTOON
(98 = 63 + 35)
CARTONS
(98 = 63 + 35)
INCISOR
(98 = 63 + 35)
SCIATIC
(98 = 63 + 35)
ACTIONS
(98 = 63 + 35)
IDIOTIC
(98 = 63 + 35)
CAROTID
(98 = 63 + 35)
COACTOR
(98 = 63 + 35)
TRICOTS
(95 = 60 + 35)
DISCANT
(95 = 60 + 35)
NIACINS
(95 = 60 + 35)
CITATOR
(95 = 60 + 35)
CANDORS
(95 = 60 + 35)
CORANDS
(95 = 60 + 35)
CONTAIN
(95 = 60 + 35)
TRICOTS
(95 = 60 + 35)
ANIONIC
(95 = 60 + 35)
RACCOON
(95 = 60 + 35)
SATIRIC
(95 = 60 + 35)
RICOTTA
(95 = 60 + 35)
CONCORD
(95 = 60 + 35)
CRICOID
(95 = 60 + 35)
CONIDIA
(95 = 60 + 35)
CORDONS
(95 = 60 + 35)
ACCORDS
(95 = 60 + 35)
CANONIC
(95 = 60 + 35)
STANNIC
(95 = 60 + 35)
CANONIC
(95 = 60 + 35)
CONDORS
(95 = 60 + 35)
ONCOTIC
(95 = 60 + 35)
CANONIC
(95 = 60 + 35)
CONCORD
(95 = 60 + 35)
CORDONS
(95 = 60 + 35)
NIACINS
(95 = 60 + 35)
CANTONS
(95 = 60 + 35)
DISCANT
(95 = 60 + 35)
NORDICS
(95 = 60 + 35)
CONCORD
(95 = 60 + 35)
CRINOID
(95 = 60 + 35)
ATONICS
(92 = 57 + 35)
CONTORT
(92 = 57 + 35)
CAROTID
(92 = 57 + 35)
CARTONS
(92 = 57 + 35)
CANONIC
(92 = 57 + 35)
ACTIONS
(92 = 57 + 35)
CORONAS
(92 = 57 + 35)
CANONIC
(92 = 57 + 35)
CITRONS
(92 = 57 + 35)
CATIONS
(92 = 57 + 35)
ICONIST
(92 = 57 + 35)
TITANIC
(92 = 57 + 35)
CONCORD
(92 = 57 + 35)
CARTOON
(92 = 57 + 35)
IDIOTIC
(92 = 57 + 35)
CONSORT
(92 = 57 + 35)
CANNONS
(92 = 57 + 35)
TRIADIC
(92 = 57 + 35)
COTTONS
(92 = 57 + 35)
DRASTIC
(92 = 57 + 35)
CRATONS
(92 = 57 + 35)
TANTRIC
(92 = 57 + 35)
OCTANTS
(92 = 57 + 35)
CANTORS
(92 = 57 + 35)
OCTADIC
(91 = 56 + 35)
CRICOID
(91 = 56 + 35)
ACTINIC
(91 = 56 + 35)
ACTINIC
(91 = 56 + 35)
OCTADIC
(91 = 56 + 35)
OCTADIC
(91 = 56 + 35)
CONTACT
(91 = 56 + 35)
ACTINIC
(91 = 56 + 35)
ACCORDS
(91 = 56 + 35)
RACCOON
(91 = 56 + 35)
ONCOTIC
(91 = 56 + 35)
CONTACT
(91 = 56 + 35)
RACCOON
(91 = 56 + 35)
CRICOID
(91 = 56 + 35)
CONTACT
(91 = 56 + 35)
ACCORDS
(91 = 56 + 35)
CRICOID
(91 = 56 + 35)
ACCORDS
(91 = 56 + 35)
ONCOTIC
(91 = 56 + 35)
RACCOON
(91 = 56 + 35)
ONCOTIC
(91 = 56 + 35)
ANODONT
(89 = 54 + 35)
STANNIC
(89 = 54 + 35)
CONDORS
(89 = 54 + 35)

Words within the letters of contradistinction

2 letter words in contradistinction (18 words)

13 letter words in contradistinction (2 words)

14 letter words in contradistinction (2 words)

15 letter words in contradistinction (1 word)

17 letter words in contradistinction (1 word)

Words containing the sequence contradistinction

Words that start with contradistinction (1 word)

Words with contradistinction in them (1 word)

Words that end with contradistinction (1 word)

Word Growth involving contradistinction

Shorter words in contradistinction

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Longer words containing contradistinction

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