11 letters · 17 points in Scrabble
verb look at thoughtfully; observe deep in thought
verb consider as a possibility
verb think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes
originFirst attested in the 1590s; borrowed from Latin contemplātus, the perfect active participle of contemplor (“to observe, survey, gaze (at), contemplate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). See also template.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0