Definition of contributes

"contributes" in the verb sense

1. lend, impart, bestow, contribute, add, bring

bestow a quality on

"Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company"

"The music added a lot to the play"

"She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings"

"This adds a light note to the program"

2. contribute, give, chip in, kick in

contribute to some cause

"I gave at the office"

3. contribute, lead, conduce

be conducive to

"The use of computers in the classroom lead to better writing"

4. put up, contribute

provide

"The city has to put up half the required amount"

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Quotations for contributes

A little evil contributes more to our misery. [ Proverb ]

Every quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of the language. [ Samuel Johnson ]

Everything that happens to us leaves some trace behind; everything contributes imperceptibly to make us what we are. [ Goethe ]

It is well known that a loose and easy dress contributes much to give to both sexes those fine proportions of body that are observable in the Grecian statues, and which serve as models to our present artists. [ Rousseau ]

contributes in Scrabble®

The word contributes 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: 15

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters contributes:

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Seven Letter Word Alert: (79 words)

becrust, bescour, biotest, bitters, boniest, botnets, bouncer, bounces, bousier, brucite, bucines, bustier, butters, butties, buttons, cistern, citrons, cittern, cobnuts, coiners, contest, cornets, cornett, cotters, counter, cretins, cronies, cutters, ebonics, encrust, entrust, erotics, incrust, intorts, intrust, nitrous, norites, notices, nutsier, nutters, nuttier, obscure, obtuser, orients, outbets, recoins, recount, retints, routine, rubicon, scouter, section, snotter, sorbite, stonier, stourie, stouter, strobic, stunter, suberin, subnote, subtone, suction, teutons, tinters, tonsure, tourist, touters, tribune, tribute, tricots, triones, trisect, trounce, turbine, turbots, uniters, unrobes, unstoic

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word contributes

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

CONTRIBUTES
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STROBIC
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RUBICON
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BESCOUR
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BUTTIES
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SUBTONE
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NOTICES
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CRONIES
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NOTICES
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SUBNOTE
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COTTERS
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RUBICON
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INCRUST
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BUCINES
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BRUCITE
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BONIEST
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BESCOUR
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RUBICON
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TRIBUNE
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BIOTEST
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INCRUST
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BIOTEST
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UNROBES
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TRIBUTE
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SUBNOTE
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CRETINS
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EROTICS
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BUTTONS
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BESCOUR
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BRUCITE
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BUCINES
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TURBINE
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STROBIC
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CITRONS
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SORBITE
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SUBERIN
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CORNETS
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EROTICS
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BUTTERS
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SCOUTER
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UNSTOIC
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BUSTIER
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ENCRUST
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contributes in Words With Friends™

The word contributes 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™ Play In The Letters contributes:

CONTRIBUTES
(261)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (79 words)

becrust, bescour, biotest, bitters, boniest, botnets, bouncer, bounces, bousier, brucite, bucines, bustier, butters, butties, buttons, cistern, citrons, cittern, cobnuts, coiners, contest, cornets, cornett, cotters, counter, cretins, cronies, cutters, ebonics, encrust, entrust, erotics, incrust, intorts, intrust, nitrous, norites, notices, nutsier, nutters, nuttier, obscure, obtuser, orients, outbets, recoins, recount, retints, routine, rubicon, scouter, section, snotter, sorbite, stonier, stourie, stouter, strobic, stunter, suberin, subnote, subtone, suction, teutons, tinters, tonsure, tourist, touters, tribune, tribute, tricots, triones, trisect, trounce, turbine, turbots, uniters, unrobes, unstoic

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word contributes

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

CONTRIBUTES
(261)
CONTRIBUTES
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CONTRIBUTES
(207)
CONTRIBUTES
(138)
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(128 = 93 + 35)
COBNUTS
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CONTRIBUTES
(126)
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RUBICON
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STROBIC
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BRUCITE
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BUTTONS
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Words within the letters of contributes

2 letter words in contributes (15 words)

10 letter words in contributes (1 word)

11 letter words in contributes (1 word)

contributes + 1 blank (1 word)

contributes + 2 blanks (2 words)

Words containing the sequence contributes

Words that start with contributes (1 word)

Words with contributes in them (1 word)

Word Growth involving contributes

Shorter words in contributes

on con contribute

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rib tribute contribute

but tribute tributes

rib tribute tributes

Longer words containing contributes

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