INSENSATE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. INSENSATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept INSENSATE?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful INSENSATE is to know. It scores 9 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for INSENSATE
No single letter turns INSENSATE into another word.
How INSENSATE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in INSENSATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so INSENSATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does INSENSATE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
formal
Lacking physical feeling, or lacking human sympathy and good sense.
A frozen limb can be insensate, and so can a cruel ruler in a figurative sense. The two meanings share the idea of no response to what ought to be felt.
How INSENSATE is used
Formal and literary; used of things, bodies, and people.
- The cold left his fingers insensate.
- They fought with insensate fury.
- The stone statue stood insensate in the rain.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of INSENSATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of INSENSATE
The 9 tiles of INSENSATE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with INSENSATE
3 longer words begin with INSENSATE.
Shorter words from the letters in INSENSATE
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Common questions about INSENSATE
- Is INSENSATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts INSENSATE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is INSENSATE worth?
- INSENSATE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does INSENSATE mean?
- Lacking physical feeling, or lacking human sympathy and good sense.
- What letters can be added to INSENSATE?
- No single letter can be added to INSENSATE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of INSENSATE:
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