INCEPT is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. INCEPT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept INCEPT?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful INCEPT is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for INCEPT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
inceptsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How INCEPT scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in INCEPT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 76,649.
What stands out about INCEPT
- The same 6 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does INCEPT mean in Scrabble?
verb
technical
To take food or another substance into the body, or, at Cambridge in former times, to receive a master degree.
Incept is an unusual verb that most speakers know only through the noun inception, meaning a beginning. As a verb it is rare and mostly met in biology, where an organism takes in food, and in the history of Cambridge University, where a graduate was said to incept when he took a higher degree. Nowadays a writer who reaches for it is usually after a learned or deliberately dry tone.
How INCEPT is used
Rare and technical; most readers will recognise the related noun inception rather than this verb.
- The small creature will incept its food through a single opening.
- In the old calendar he was due to incept in the following summer term.
- Cells incept particles by wrapping the membrane around them.
- The dictionary lists incept as a legal play in word games.
- Few students today would incept a degree in the old ceremonial fashion.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of INCEPT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of INCEPT
The 6 tiles of INCEPT in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with INCEPT
10 longer words begin with INCEPT.
Shorter words from the letters in INCEPT
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Common questions about INCEPT
- Is INCEPT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts INCEPT, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is INCEPT worth?
- INCEPT is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does INCEPT mean?
- To take food or another substance into the body, or, at Cambridge in former times, to receive a master degree.
- What letters can be added to INCEPT?
- INCEPT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of INCEPT:
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