Definitions for contiguous

contiguous con·tig·u·ous

Spelling: [kuh n-tig-yoo-uh s]
IPA: /kənˈtɪg yu əs/

Contiguous is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 360 anagrams from letters in contiguous (cginoostuu).

Definitions for contiguous

adjective

  1. touching; in contact.
  2. in close proximity without actually touching; near.
  3. adjacent in time:

Origin of contiguous

1605-15; Latin contiguus bordering upon, equivalent to con- con- + tig- (variant stem of -tingere, combining form of tangere to touch; see tang

Examples for contiguous

We were of the same province, and of neighbouring towns, and our estates were also contiguous.

There are only 22 million people in Australia—an area about the size of the contiguous 48 States of the United States.

I don't know why, but no contiguous African tribes could be more hostile.

There are only 22 million people in an area about the size of the contiguous 48 States of the United States.

Even the accepted US formula for two states: “a secure Israel alongside a viable, contiguous Palestine” is humiliating.

Since the U.S. Constitution mandates that states be contiguous, Moffat County would just sign up with Wyoming.

The Award is limited to Delta Airlines destinations within the 48 contiguous US states and Canada.

Their destination was a large table plain, contiguous to that on which we had encamped.

They are all contiguous to the villages from which they derive their names.

The contiguous forest could not be bolted out, and the Indian wife heard all.

Word Value for contiguous
Scrable

13

Words with friends

18

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