contingent

ADJECTIVENOUN /kən'tɪndʒənt/
10 LETTERS · 3 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH C

contingent is a valid 10-letter word worth 13 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
C3O1N1T1I1N1G2E1N1T1
3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 1 =13 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 26TRIPLE WORD → 39
MEANING

What does contingent mean?

ADJECTIVE · 3 SENSES
1

Being determined by conditions or circumstances that follow.

“arms sales contingent on the approval of congress”

2

Possible but not certain to occur.

“they had to plan for contingent expenses”

SIMILAR
3

Uncertain because of uncontrollable circumstances.

“the results of confession were not contingent, they were certain”

SIMILAR
NOUN · 2 SENSES
1

A temporary military unit.

“the peacekeeping force includes one British contingent”

SYNONYMS
2

A gathering of persons representative of some larger group.

“each nation sent a contingent of athletes to the Olympics”

AT THE BOARD

Anagrams of contingent

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