The Clue
Artificial (9 letter answer)
The Answer
CONTRIVED
Tags
Notes
The answer CONTRIVED is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Definition
CONTRIVE as a verb:
1. (plan, project, contrive, design) = make or work out a plan for; devise; "They contrived to murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an attack"
2. (invent, contrive, devise, excogitate, formulate, forge) = come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"
3. (project, cast, contrive, throw) = put or send forth; "She threw the flashlight beam into the corner"; "The setting sun threw long shadows"; "cast a spell"; "cast a warm light"
CONTRIVED as an adjective:
1. showing effects of planning or manipulation; "a novel with a contrived ending"
2. (artificial, contrived, hokey, stilted) = artificially formal; "that artificial humility that her husband hated"; "contrived coyness"; "a stilted letter of acknowledgment"; "when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation"