INSHORE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. INSHORE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept INSHORE?
| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful INSHORE is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for INSHORE
No single letter turns INSHORE into another word.
How INSHORE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in INSHORE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 64,331.
What does INSHORE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
nautical
Situated at sea but close to the shore.
Small boats stay in inshore waters, where fishing is safer than in the open sea. As an adverb, inshore means toward the land, and an inshore wind blows from the sea onto the coast.
How INSHORE is used
Inshore is used in fishing, sailing, and weather forecasts.
- The inshore fishing fleet returned before the storm.
- The boat headed inshore at dusk.
- An inshore breeze cooled the beach.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of INSHORE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of INSHORE
The 7 tiles of INSHORE in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in INSHORE
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Common questions about INSHORE
- Is INSHORE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts INSHORE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is INSHORE worth?
- INSHORE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does INSHORE mean?
- Situated at sea but close to the shore.
- What letters can be added to INSHORE?
- No single letter can be added to INSHORE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of INSHORE:
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