INCUSE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. INCUSE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept INCUSE?
| 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 INCUSE is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for INCUSE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How INCUSE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in INCUSE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 57,487.
What does INCUSE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Stamped or engraved so as to sink into a surface, rather than standing out from it, as with certain coin designs.
Coin collectors use incuse to describe a design pressed down into metal instead of raised above it, the opposite technique from ordinary relief work. Some ancient Greek coins carried an incuse image on one face and a raised image on the other, a technique later abandoned almost everywhere. The word can also work as a verb, meaning to stamp a mark into a surface by pressure rather than by cutting material away.
How INCUSE is used
Used mainly in numismatics and engraving, rarely in everyday speech.
- The incuse portrait sank into the coin rather than rising from it.
- Ancient Greek mints sometimes struck an incuse design on the reverse side.
- A collector prized the coin for its unusually deep incuse lettering.
- The engraver could incuse a mark into the metal plate with a single strike.
- Incuse coins are rarer than raised ones from the same period.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of INCUSE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with INCUSE
2 longer words begin with INCUSE.
Shorter words from the letters in INCUSE
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Common questions about INCUSE
- Is INCUSE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts INCUSE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is INCUSE worth?
- INCUSE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does INCUSE mean?
- Stamped or engraved so as to sink into a surface, rather than standing out from it, as with certain coin designs.
- What letters can be added to INCUSE?
- INCUSE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of INCUSE:
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