Contends is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.
You can make 262 anagrams from letters in contends (cdennost).
1400-50; late Middle English contenden Anglo-French contendre Latin contendere to compete, strive, draw tight, equivalent to con- con- + tendere to stretch; see
Yet sometimes the love which I have for them contends with the love which I have for you.
Israel, however, contends that UNRWA sustains Hamas by employing and sheltering its members.
More importantly, contends Winroth, the Vikings were acting completely rationally with their raids.
He contends that another Islamic Jihad member watched the events from an adjacent house.
The Habsburg army, however, Watson contends, were exceptionally bloodthirsty.
It also contends that "the transactions of the Board ought not to be canvassed in the newspapers."
He contends that it is better to be without soap than without society.
Still he contends that these may be explained on the doctrine of evolution.
Basilus, to save a young man, contends personally with the Evil One.
The economic recovery in Europe, contends Winroth, “was during the Viking Age.”