Contention is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.
You can make 194 anagrams from letters in contention (ceinnnoott).
1350-1400; Middle English (Anglo-French) Latin contentiōn- (stem of contentiō), equivalent to content(us), past participle of contendere to contend (con- Examples for contention
Passages taken at haphazard will suffice to establish my contention. So even back then, this was an obvious point of concern and contention. Just what the ratio of the curve should be is a matter of contention. Then I wish that bone of contention was from between the two churches. Then began a contention the most vehement that ever I had with woman. The credibility of that contention would depend on exactly what Wildstein told Christie and how he phrased it. To support his position, Governor Snyder presented a study purporting to prove the contention. But that was so yesterday, much like his contention that he lacked the power to unilaterally confer amnesty. Let me take one example which may mark out the outline of the contention. Koch had girded himself for at least a year of contention before his research would be accepted.
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