INSOBRIETY is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. INSOBRIETY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept INSOBRIETY?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful INSOBRIETY is to know. It scores 15 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for INSOBRIETY
No single letter turns INSOBRIETY into another word.
How INSOBRIETY scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in INSOBRIETY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so INSOBRIETY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does INSOBRIETY mean in Scrabble?
noun
formal
The state of being drunk, or a general lack of moderation, especially in drinking.
Insobriety is a stiff, old-fashioned way to describe too much drink. Court reports and historical writing prefer it to blunter words.
How INSOBRIETY is used
Used in formal or legal contexts instead of plain drunkenness.
- The report blamed the accident on the driver's insobriety.
- Public insobriety was treated as a serious nuisance in the old town.
- His insobriety at the banquet embarrassed the family.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of INSOBRIETY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in INSOBRIETY
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Common questions about INSOBRIETY
- Is INSOBRIETY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts INSOBRIETY, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is INSOBRIETY worth?
- INSOBRIETY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does INSOBRIETY mean?
- The state of being drunk, or a general lack of moderation, especially in drinking.
- What letters can be added to INSOBRIETY?
- No single letter can be added to INSOBRIETY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of INSOBRIETY:
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