INGESTA is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. INGESTA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept INGESTA?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful INGESTA is to know. It scores 8 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for INGESTA
No single letter turns INGESTA into another word.
How INGESTA scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in INGESTA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,122.
What stands out about INGESTA
- The same 7 tiles also spell 10 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 INGESTA mean in Scrabble?
noun
technicalmedical
Food and drink that have been taken into the body through the mouth.
Physiologists use ingesta for whatever an animal swallows, in contrast to the waste that leaves the body. It is a collective term and covers solids and liquids alike.
How INGESTA is used
The word ingesta is a technical plural term in physiology and veterinary science.
- The vet examined the ingesta found in the stomach.
- Researchers recorded the daily ingesta of each animal.
- The ingesta passed slowly through the gut.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of INGESTA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of INGESTA
The 7 tiles of INGESTA in a different order — 10 found.
Shorter words from the letters in INGESTA
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Common questions about INGESTA
- Is INGESTA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts INGESTA, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is INGESTA worth?
- INGESTA is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does INGESTA mean?
- Food and drink that have been taken into the body through the mouth.
- What letters can be added to INGESTA?
- No single letter can be added to INGESTA to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of INGESTA:
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