INMATE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. INMATE 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 INMATE?
| 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 INMATE is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for INMATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
inmatesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How INMATE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in INMATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 17,033.
What stands out about INMATE
- The same 6 tiles also spell 3 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 INMATE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A person confined to an institution such as a prison or hospital, or, more broadly, someone who shares a dwelling with others.
Inmate originally meant simply someone who shared a house with others, a fellow lodger with no criminal or medical sense attached at all. Only later did English narrow the word toward its now-dominant meaning of a person held in a prison, asylum, or hospital. The older, broader sense has almost disappeared, so today inmate nearly always implies confinement rather than mere cohabitation.
How INMATE is used
Used mainly of prisoners or hospital patients rather than ordinary housemates.
- The inmate had served nine years of a fifteen-year sentence.
- The word inmate once meant any fellow lodger in a house.
- Staff checked on every inmate of the ward each morning.
- Two inmates shared the small cell for most of the winter.
- The old sense of inmate had nothing to do with prison.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of INMATE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of INMATE
The 6 tiles of INMATE in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with INMATE
1 longer words begin with INMATE.
Shorter words from the letters in INMATE
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Common questions about INMATE
- Is INMATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts INMATE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is INMATE worth?
- INMATE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does INMATE mean?
- A person confined to an institution such as a prison or hospital, or, more broadly, someone who shares a dwelling with others.
- What letters can be added to INMATE?
- INMATE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of INMATE:
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