Definition of contrastive

"contrastive" in the adjective sense

1. contrastive, incompatible

of words so related that one contrasts with the other

"`rich' and `hard-up' are contrastive terms"

2. contrasting, contrastive

strikingly different tending to contrast

"contrasting (or contrastive) colors"

3. contrastive

syntactically establishing a relation of contrast between sentences or elements of a sentence

"disjunctive conjunctions like `but', `or', or `though' serve a contrastive function"

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contrastive in Scrabble®

The word contrastive 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® Plays In The Letters contrastive:

CONTRASTIVE
(153)
CONTRASTIVE
(153)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (123 words)

aconite, actions, activer, actives, antsier, arcsine, arsenic, artiest, atoners, atonics, attires, canoers, canters, cantors, carnies, cartons, carvone, cations, cattier, caverns, cavorts, certain, cistern, citator, citrate, citrons, cittern, coarsen, coaster, coiners, contest, convert, corneas, cornets, cornett, costate, cotters, coverts, covines, cratons, cretins, cristae, cronies, enactor, erotica, erotics, evasion, evictor, instate, intorts, invects, inverts, iratest, naivest, nastier, natives, natters, nattier, nectars, nictate, nitrate, norites, notices, novices, octanes, octants, octaves, orients, otarine, ovaries, overact, oversat, oversit, raciest, rations, rattons, ravines, recants, recoats, recoins, restain, retains, retinas, retints, retoast, ricotta, rotates, scanter, scatter, scoriae, section, senator, servant, snotter, stainer, statice, station, stative, stonier, straint, striate, striven, tantric, tastier, taverns, tetanic, tinters, toaster, trances, transit, treason, tricots, triones, trisect, trivets, vainest, varices, vectors, veritas, version, victors, viscera, voicers

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word contrastive

CONTRASTIVE
(153)
CONTRASTIVE
(153)
CONTRASTIVE
(102)
CONTRASTIVE
(102)
CONTRASTIVE
(72)
CONTRASTIVE
(68)
CONTRASTIVE
(68)
CONTRASTIVE
(68)
CONTRASTIVE
(64)
CONTRASTIVE
(64)
CONTRASTIVE
(64)
CONTRASTIVE
(64)
CONTRASTIVE
(64)
CONTRASTIVE
(63)
CONTRASTIVE
(60)
CONTRASTIVE
(54)
CONTRASTIVE
(52)
CONTRASTIVE
(42)
CONTRASTIVE
(40)
CONTRASTIVE
(40)
CONTRASTIVE
(40)
CONTRASTIVE
(40)
CONTRASTIVE
(40)
CONTRASTIVE
(36)
CONTRASTIVE
(36)
CONTRASTIVE
(36)
CONTRASTIVE
(36)
CONTRASTIVE
(36)
CONTRASTIVE
(36)
CONTRASTIVE
(28)
CONTRASTIVE
(26)
CONTRASTIVE
(22)
CONTRASTIVE
(22)
CONTRASTIVE
(22)
CONTRASTIVE
(20)
CONTRASTIVE
(19)
CONTRASTIVE
(19)
CONTRASTIVE
(19)

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

CONTRASTIVE
(153)
CONTRASTIVE
(153)
CONTRASTIVE
(102)
CONTRASTIVE
(102)
COVINES
(98 = 48 + 50)
VICTORS
(98 = 48 + 50)
NOVICES
(98 = 48 + 50)
CONVERT
(98 = 48 + 50)
INVECTS
(98 = 48 + 50)
CAVERNS
(98 = 48 + 50)
OCTAVES
(98 = 48 + 50)
ACTIVES
(98 = 48 + 50)
VECTORS
(98 = 48 + 50)
EVICTOR
(98 = 48 + 50)
CONVERT
(98 = 48 + 50)
CARVONE
(98 = 48 + 50)
COVERTS
(98 = 48 + 50)
COVERTS
(98 = 48 + 50)
CONVERT
(98 = 48 + 50)
INVECTS
(98 = 48 + 50)
OCTAVES
(98 = 48 + 50)
VOICERS
(98 = 48 + 50)
EVICTOR
(98 = 48 + 50)
OVERACT
(98 = 48 + 50)
ACTIVES
(98 = 48 + 50)
ACTIVER
(98 = 48 + 50)
VECTORS
(98 = 48 + 50)
VISCERA
(98 = 48 + 50)
CARVONE
(98 = 48 + 50)
CAVORTS
(98 = 48 + 50)
VISCERA
(98 = 48 + 50)
NOVICES
(98 = 48 + 50)
OVERACT
(98 = 48 + 50)
CAVORTS
(98 = 48 + 50)
COVINES
(98 = 48 + 50)
CARVONE
(98 = 48 + 50)
ACTIVER
(98 = 48 + 50)
VARICES
(98 = 48 + 50)
CAVERNS
(98 = 48 + 50)
VICTORS
(98 = 48 + 50)
VARICES
(98 = 48 + 50)
VOICERS
(98 = 48 + 50)
VARICES
(95 = 45 + 50)
COVERTS
(95 = 45 + 50)
VICTORS
(95 = 45 + 50)
INVECTS
(95 = 45 + 50)
CAVERNS
(95 = 45 + 50)
VECTORS
(95 = 45 + 50)
CARVONE
(95 = 45 + 50)
CONVERT
(95 = 45 + 50)
VISCERA
(95 = 45 + 50)
EVICTOR
(95 = 45 + 50)
CAVORTS
(95 = 45 + 50)
COVINES
(95 = 45 + 50)
OCTAVES
(95 = 45 + 50)
NOVICES
(95 = 45 + 50)
ACTIVER
(95 = 45 + 50)
VOICERS
(95 = 45 + 50)
VISCERA
(95 = 45 + 50)
EVICTOR
(95 = 45 + 50)
OVERACT
(95 = 45 + 50)
ACTIVES
(95 = 45 + 50)
VOICERS
(95 = 45 + 50)
STATIVE
(92 = 42 + 50)
TAVERNS
(92 = 42 + 50)
OVERSIT
(92 = 42 + 50)
VERSION
(92 = 42 + 50)
NATIVES
(92 = 42 + 50)
RAVINES
(92 = 42 + 50)
TRIVETS
(92 = 42 + 50)
NAIVEST
(92 = 42 + 50)
VERITAS
(92 = 42 + 50)
VAINEST
(92 = 42 + 50)
EVASION
(92 = 42 + 50)
NAIVEST
(92 = 42 + 50)
SERVANT
(92 = 42 + 50)
STRIVEN
(92 = 42 + 50)
SERVANT
(92 = 42 + 50)
OVERSAT
(92 = 42 + 50)
OVARIES
(92 = 42 + 50)
INVERTS
(92 = 42 + 50)
TRIVETS
(92 = 42 + 50)
SERVANT
(90 = 40 + 50)
OVERSAT
(90 = 40 + 50)
OVERACT
(90 = 40 + 50)
OVERSIT
(90 = 40 + 50)
COVINES
(90 = 40 + 50)
INVERTS
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CAVORTS
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ACTIVES
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STRIVEN
(90 = 40 + 50)
COVERTS
(90 = 40 + 50)
ACTIVER
(90 = 40 + 50)
VAINEST
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TAVERNS
(90 = 40 + 50)
VERITAS
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STATIVE
(90 = 40 + 50)
INVECTS
(90 = 40 + 50)
OVARIES
(90 = 40 + 50)
RAVINES
(90 = 40 + 50)
OCTAVES
(90 = 40 + 50)
NAIVEST
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EVICTOR
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TRIVETS
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NOVICES
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CAVERNS
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EVASION
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VERSION
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NATIVES
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ACTIVER
(89 = 39 + 50)
OVERACT
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ACTIVES
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CARVONE
(89 = 39 + 50)
VISCERA
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ACTIVES
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VOICERS
(89 = 39 + 50)
CAVORTS
(89 = 39 + 50)
VECTORS
(89 = 39 + 50)
ACTIVER
(89 = 39 + 50)
INVECTS
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ACTIVES
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VICTORS
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VECTORS
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INVECTS
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INVECTS
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VICTORS
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NOVICES
(89 = 39 + 50)
VISCERA
(89 = 39 + 50)
EVICTOR
(89 = 39 + 50)
OVERACT
(89 = 39 + 50)
OCTAVES
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OVERACT
(89 = 39 + 50)
CAVORTS
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EVICTOR
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OVERACT
(89 = 39 + 50)
COVERTS
(89 = 39 + 50)
CAVERNS
(89 = 39 + 50)
EVICTOR
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VICTORS
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VOICERS
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OCTAVES
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VISCERA
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EVICTOR
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COVINES
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COVINES
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CAVERNS
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CONVERT
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COVINES
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OCTAVES
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VICTORS
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ACTIVER
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ACTIVER
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VOICERS
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COVERTS
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VOICERS
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COVERTS
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OCTAVES
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CONVERT
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INVECTS
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VICTORS
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ACTIVES
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CAVERNS
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VISCERA
(89 = 39 + 50)
VISCERA
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VOICERS
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CAVORTS
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CONVERT
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CONVERT
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NOVICES
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ACTIVES
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VARICES
(89 = 39 + 50)
ACTIVER
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INVECTS
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VECTORS
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OCTAVES
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ACTIVES
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NOVICES
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CAVERNS
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VARICES
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VARICES
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CARVONE
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VECTORS
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OVERACT
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NOVICES
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OVERACT
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CARVONE
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CAVERNS
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EVICTOR
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ACTIVER
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NOVICES
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COVINES
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CONVERT
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COVERTS
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NOVICES
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VECTORS
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CARVONE
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VARICES
(89 = 39 + 50)
COVINES
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CAVORTS
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contrastive in Words With Friends™

The word contrastive 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: 19

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

CONTRASTIVE
(207)
CONTRASTIVE
(207)
CONTRASTIVE
(207)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (123 words)

aconite, actions, activer, actives, antsier, arcsine, arsenic, artiest, atoners, atonics, attires, canoers, canters, cantors, carnies, cartons, carvone, cations, cattier, caverns, cavorts, certain, cistern, citator, citrate, citrons, cittern, coarsen, coaster, coiners, contest, convert, corneas, cornets, cornett, costate, cotters, coverts, covines, cratons, cretins, cristae, cronies, enactor, erotica, erotics, evasion, evictor, instate, intorts, invects, inverts, iratest, naivest, nastier, natives, natters, nattier, nectars, nictate, nitrate, norites, notices, novices, octanes, octants, octaves, orients, otarine, ovaries, overact, oversat, oversit, raciest, rations, rattons, ravines, recants, recoats, recoins, restain, retains, retinas, retints, retoast, ricotta, rotates, scanter, scatter, scoriae, section, senator, servant, snotter, stainer, statice, station, stative, stonier, straint, striate, striven, tantric, tastier, taverns, tetanic, tinters, toaster, trances, transit, treason, tricots, triones, trisect, trivets, vainest, varices, vectors, veritas, version, victors, viscera, voicers

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word contrastive

CONTRASTIVE
(207)
CONTRASTIVE
(207)
CONTRASTIVE
(207)
CONTRASTIVE
(126)
CONTRASTIVE
(126)
CONTRASTIVE
(96)
CONTRASTIVE
(96)
CONTRASTIVE
(84)
CONTRASTIVE
(80)
CONTRASTIVE
(80)
CONTRASTIVE
(76)
CONTRASTIVE
(76)
CONTRASTIVE
(76)
CONTRASTIVE
(75)
CONTRASTIVE
(69)
CONTRASTIVE
(62)
CONTRASTIVE
(62)
CONTRASTIVE
(58)
CONTRASTIVE
(50)
CONTRASTIVE
(50)
CONTRASTIVE
(46)
CONTRASTIVE
(46)
CONTRASTIVE
(38)
CONTRASTIVE
(38)
CONTRASTIVE
(29)
CONTRASTIVE
(29)
CONTRASTIVE
(29)
CONTRASTIVE
(26)
CONTRASTIVE
(26)
CONTRASTIVE
(26)
CONTRASTIVE
(25)
CONTRASTIVE
(23)
CONTRASTIVE
(23)
CONTRASTIVE
(23)
CONTRASTIVE
(22)
CONTRASTIVE
(22)
CONTRASTIVE
(22)
CONTRASTIVE
(22)
CONTRASTIVE
(21)

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

CONTRASTIVE
(207)
CONTRASTIVE
(207)
CONTRASTIVE
(207)
CAVERNS
(134 = 99 + 35)
COVINES
(134 = 99 + 35)
EVICTOR
(131 = 96 + 35)
CAVORTS
(131 = 96 + 35)
VECTORS
(131 = 96 + 35)
VICTORS
(131 = 96 + 35)
COVERTS
(131 = 96 + 35)
CONTRASTIVE
(126)
CONTRASTIVE
(126)
CARVONE
(122 = 87 + 35)
NOVICES
(122 = 87 + 35)
CARVONE
(116 = 81 + 35)
INVECTS
(116 = 81 + 35)
CONVERT
(116 = 81 + 35)
CONVERT
(116 = 81 + 35)
CONVERT
(116 = 81 + 35)
STRIVEN
(113 = 78 + 35)
VOICERS
(113 = 78 + 35)
OCTAVES
(113 = 78 + 35)
VISCERA
(113 = 78 + 35)
OVERACT
(113 = 78 + 35)
VARICES
(113 = 78 + 35)
ACTIVES
(113 = 78 + 35)
ACTIVER
(113 = 78 + 35)
SERVANT
(113 = 78 + 35)
CARVONE
(110 = 75 + 35)
NOVICES
(110 = 75 + 35)
CONVERT
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CONVERT
(110 = 75 + 35)
INVECTS
(110 = 75 + 35)
CARVONE
(110 = 75 + 35)
CARVONE
(110 = 75 + 35)
EVICTOR
(107 = 72 + 35)
VECTORS
(107 = 72 + 35)
SERVANT
(107 = 72 + 35)
VAINEST
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VARICES
(107 = 72 + 35)
VOICERS
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VOICERS
(107 = 72 + 35)
EVASION
(107 = 72 + 35)
TAVERNS
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EVICTOR
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ACTIVES
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OCTAVES
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VISCERA
(107 = 72 + 35)
INVERTS
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OVERACT
(107 = 72 + 35)
VOICERS
(107 = 72 + 35)
NAIVEST
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ACTIVER
(107 = 72 + 35)
VICTORS
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OVERACT
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VISCERA
(107 = 72 + 35)
NAIVEST
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VARICES
(107 = 72 + 35)
VISCERA
(107 = 72 + 35)
VERSION
(107 = 72 + 35)
NATIVES
(107 = 72 + 35)
RAVINES
(107 = 72 + 35)
NECTARS
(104 = 69 + 35)
TETANIC
(104 = 69 + 35)
CONVERT
(104 = 69 + 35)
VERITAS
(104 = 69 + 35)
ATONICS
(104 = 69 + 35)
CAVERNS
(104 = 69 + 35)
ACONITE
(104 = 69 + 35)
CANOERS
(104 = 69 + 35)
SCANTER
(104 = 69 + 35)
COVINES
(104 = 69 + 35)
STATIVE
(104 = 69 + 35)
CONTEST
(104 = 69 + 35)
ENACTOR
(104 = 69 + 35)
ARSENIC
(104 = 69 + 35)
TRIVETS
(104 = 69 + 35)
OVERSIT
(104 = 69 + 35)
TRIVETS
(104 = 69 + 35)
CARVONE
(104 = 69 + 35)
OVERSAT
(104 = 69 + 35)
CANTERS
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OVARIES
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NICTATE
(104 = 69 + 35)
CANTORS
(104 = 69 + 35)
EVICTOR
(101 = 66 + 35)
OVERACT
(101 = 66 + 35)
OCTAVES
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NAIVEST
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CAVORTS
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SERVANT
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VERSION
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VOICERS
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NAIVEST
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SERVANT
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COVERTS
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EVICTOR
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VISCERA
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ACTIVES
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VOICERS
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VISCERA
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EVASION
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VAINEST
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ACTIVER
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RECOINS
(98 = 63 + 35)
ENACTOR
(98 = 63 + 35)
ARCSINE
(98 = 63 + 35)
COINERS
(98 = 63 + 35)
TRIVETS
(98 = 63 + 35)
CARTONS
(98 = 63 + 35)
CAVERNS
(98 = 63 + 35)
CORNEAS
(98 = 63 + 35)
CERTAIN
(98 = 63 + 35)
ACTIONS
(98 = 63 + 35)
OCTANTS
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COVINES
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COARSEN
(98 = 63 + 35)
CORNETS
(98 = 63 + 35)
CISTERN
(98 = 63 + 35)
CARNIES
(98 = 63 + 35)
OVARIES
(98 = 63 + 35)
OVERSIT
(98 = 63 + 35)
CITTERN
(98 = 63 + 35)
NOTICES
(98 = 63 + 35)
CITRONS
(98 = 63 + 35)
SECTION
(98 = 63 + 35)
TRIVETS
(98 = 63 + 35)
TANTRIC
(98 = 63 + 35)
TRANCES
(98 = 63 + 35)
OVERSAT
(98 = 63 + 35)
CRETINS
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CORNETT
(98 = 63 + 35)
INVECTS
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OCTANES
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RECANTS
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CRONIES
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CRATONS
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STATIVE
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VERITAS
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CATIONS
(98 = 63 + 35)
COVINE
(96)
CONTRASTIVE
(96)
CONTRASTIVE
(96)
COVENS
(96)
CAVERN
(96)
RACIEST
(95 = 60 + 35)
CARVONE
(95 = 60 + 35)
INVECTS
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TRISECT
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NOVICES
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CONVERT
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COASTER
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SCATTER
(95 = 60 + 35)
CAVERNS
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CAVERNS
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EROTICA
(95 = 60 + 35)
INVECTS
(95 = 60 + 35)
EROTICS
(95 = 60 + 35)
CONVERT
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CAVERNS
(95 = 60 + 35)
RECOATS
(95 = 60 + 35)
NOVICES
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CARVONE
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CATTIER
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CONVERT
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COVINES
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COVINES
(95 = 60 + 35)
TRICOTS
(95 = 60 + 35)
RICOTTA
(95 = 60 + 35)
INVECTS
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STATICE
(95 = 60 + 35)
CARVONE
(95 = 60 + 35)
COSTATE
(95 = 60 + 35)
CITRATE
(95 = 60 + 35)
COVINES
(95 = 60 + 35)
COTTERS
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CRISTAE
(95 = 60 + 35)
NOVICES
(95 = 60 + 35)
CITATOR
(95 = 60 + 35)
SCORIAE
(95 = 60 + 35)
TRICOTS
(95 = 60 + 35)
VECTOR
(93)
CAVORT
(93)
VICARS
(93)
COVERT
(93)
VICTOR
(93)
COVERS
(93)
COVETS
(93)
CIVETS
(93)
CAVERS
(93)
TANTRIC
(92 = 57 + 35)
CAVERNS
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OCTANES
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CITTERN
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CANOERS
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CORNEAS
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ACONITE
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CONTEST
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CAVERNS
(92 = 57 + 35)
ENACTOR
(92 = 57 + 35)

Words within the letters of contrastive

2 letter words in contrastive (17 words)

11 letter words in contrastive (1 word)

contrastive + 2 blanks (4 words)

Words containing the sequence contrastive

Words that start with contrastive (3 words)

Words with contrastive in them (2 words)

Words that end with contrastive (3 words)

Word Growth involving contrastive

Shorter words in contrastive

as contrast

on con contrast

stive

Longer words containing contrastive

contrastively uncontrastively

contrastiveness

noncontrastive

uncontrastive uncontrastively