Contracts
noun
- An agreement between two or more parties, to perform a specific job or work order, often temporary or of fixed duration and usually governed by a written agreement.
"Marriage is a contract."
- An agreement which the law will enforce in some way. A legally binding contract must contain at least one promise, i.e., a commitment or offer, by an offeror to and accepted by an offeree to do something in the future. A contract is thus executory rather than executed.
- A part of legal studies dealing with laws and jurisdiction related to contracts.
- An order, usually given to a hired assassin, to kill someone.
"The mafia boss put a contract out on the man who betrayed him."
- The declarer's undertaking to win the number of tricks bid with a stated suit as trump.
verb
- To draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen.
"The snail's body contracted into its shell."
- (grammar) To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one.
"The word "cannot" is often contracted into "can't"."
- To enter into a contract with.
- To enter into, with mutual obligations; to make a bargain or covenant for.
- To make an agreement or contract; to covenant; to agree; to bargain.
"to contract for carrying the mail"
No exact anagrams found for "contracts". This word has a unique letter combination.
+1 Letter Anagrams
Words formed by adding one letter to "contracts" and rearranging:
Total: 13 Scrabble points
Word Validity & Sources
Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.
About the Word "Contracts"
Contracts is a 9-letter word that scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words With Friends.
Using "Contracts" in Word Games
When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "contracts" is a medium-scoring word.