INPOUR is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. INPOUR 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 INPOUR?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful INPOUR is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for INPOUR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
inpoursChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How INPOUR scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in INPOUR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 57,487.
What does INPOUR mean in Scrabble?
verb
rare
To pour or flow into something; to enter a space as an inward flow.
Inpour is a straightforward compound of in and pour, describing liquid, light, or people entering a space in a steady stream. It can also work as a noun for the inflow itself, as in the inpour of water through a breach. The word is far rarer than its opposite, outpour, and appears mostly in older or technical writing about fluids.
How INPOUR is used
Rare; outpour and inflow are the more common modern words for the same idea.
- Water began to inpour through the cracked hull.
- The steady inpour of the tide filled the channel by noon.
- Engineers measured the inpour rate into the reservoir.
- Light seemed to inpour through every window at once.
- The word inpour is much rarer than outpour.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of INPOUR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with INPOUR
4 longer words begin with INPOUR.
Shorter words from the letters in INPOUR
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Common questions about INPOUR
- Is INPOUR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts INPOUR, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is INPOUR worth?
- INPOUR is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does INPOUR mean?
- To pour or flow into something; to enter a space as an inward flow.
- What letters can be added to INPOUR?
- INPOUR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of INPOUR:
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