INSTALMENT is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. INSTALMENT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept INSTALMENT?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful INSTALMENT is to know. It scores 12 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for INSTALMENT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
instalmentsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How INSTALMENT scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in INSTALMENT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so INSTALMENT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does INSTALMENT mean in Scrabble?
noun
British
One of several parts of a payment made over time, or one part of a serial published or broadcast in sequence.
British spelling keeps a single l in instalment, while American writers prefer installment. Money is paid in monthly instalments, and a television drama or book series may be released episode by episode in the same manner.
How INSTALMENT is used
Standard British spelling; used for part payments and for parts of a series.
- The final instalment of the loan is due in June.
- We paid for the sofa by instalment over a year.
- The latest instalment of the series premieres on Sunday.
- She waited eagerly for the next instalment of the story.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of INSTALMENT and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with INSTALMENT
1 longer words begin with INSTALMENT.
Shorter words from the letters in INSTALMENT
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Common questions about INSTALMENT
- Is INSTALMENT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts INSTALMENT, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is INSTALMENT worth?
- INSTALMENT is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does INSTALMENT mean?
- One of several parts of a payment made over time, or one part of a serial published or broadcast in sequence.
- What letters can be added to INSTALMENT?
- INSTALMENT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of INSTALMENT:
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