Contuse

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Updated June 2026

Definition

To bruise soft tissue or bone by a blunt impact without breaking the skin.

“He managed to contuse his knee badly when he fell from the bicycle onto the kerb.”

Pronunciation

Syllables

con·tuse

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Synonyms

bruise

Word Game Tips

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Wordle

Ends in -USE, a moderately common ending. The TUS cluster in the middle is less common and a useful diagnostic group.

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Scrabble

Worth 9 points. Shares letters with CONTOUR and CONFUSE. Extends cleanly to CONTUSED or CONTUSES.

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confuse

Words you can make from Contuse

Shorter words formed from the letters in “contuse”.

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counters counties

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