8 letters · 13 points in Scrabble
verb oppose, as in hostility or a competition
verb deal with (something unpleasant) head on
verb present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize
originFrom Middle French confronter, borrowed from Medieval Latin cōnfrontāre, from con- + frontem (“front, forehead”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0