10 letters · 13 points in Scrabble
adjective very close or connected in space or time
adjective connecting without a break; within a common boundary
adjective having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching
originFrom Latin contiguus (“touching”) + -ous, from contingere (“to touch”); see contingent, contact, contagion.
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