INSOUL is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. INSOUL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept INSOUL?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful INSOUL is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for INSOUL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
insoulsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How INSOUL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in INSOUL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,115.
What does INSOUL mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaicliterary
To fill something with a soul or spirit, giving it life or deep feeling.
Insoul joins the prefix in- to soul, following the same pattern as words like inflame or entrust, and it describes the act of placing a soul or spirit into something, whether literally in old theology or figuratively in poetry. Writers used insoul to describe a body receiving a soul at creation, and also more loosely for an object or place that seems to hold deep feeling, as if invested with spirit. The related, more common verb ensoul carries the identical meaning and largely replaced insoul in later writing. Today insoul survives chiefly in older poetry, theology, and word lists rather than in current prose.
How INSOUL is used
Archaic and literary; met in older religious and poetic writing rather than modern speech.
- The old hymn speaks of a God who did insoul the clay of Adam.
- A poet might insoul a landscape with the memory of the dead.
- The dictionary lists insoul beside its more common twin, ensoul.
- Older theology described the moment a body is said to insoul.
- She read a line where grief seemed to insoul every stone of the ruin.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of INSOUL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with INSOUL
5 longer words begin with INSOUL.
Shorter words from the letters in INSOUL
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Common questions about INSOUL
- Is INSOUL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts INSOUL, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is INSOUL worth?
- INSOUL is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does INSOUL mean?
- To fill something with a soul or spirit, giving it life or deep feeling.
- What letters can be added to INSOUL?
- INSOUL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of INSOUL:
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