INSULA is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. INSULA 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 INSULA?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful INSULA is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for INSULA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How INSULA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in INSULA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,325.
What does INSULA mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A fold of the cerebral cortex tucked deep inside the brain, linked to sensation, emotion, and awareness of the body's internal state.
The insula sits folded beneath the temporal, frontal, and parietal lobes, hidden from the brain's outer surface, which is why it took longer to map than more visible regions. Neuroscientists connect the insula to taste, pain, and interoception, the sense of what is happening inside one's own body, as well as to emotional experiences such as disgust. The same word named something quite different in ancient Rome, where an insula was a multi-storey apartment block housing ordinary city dwellers, the root sense being simply island, a building standing apart from its neighbours. Both uses borrow the same Latin word for a separate, enclosed space, one in the brain and one in a Roman street.
How INSULA is used
A technical term in neuroscience and medicine; the Roman building sense appears mainly in classical history.
- Scanners showed activity in the insula when subjects tasted something bitter.
- Damage to the insula can blunt a person's awareness of their own heartbeat.
- Ancient Rome housed most of its poor in a crowded insula near the market.
- The insula lies folded beneath the temporal lobe, out of sight.
- Researchers linked the insula to feelings of disgust and empathy alike.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of INSULA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of INSULA
The 6 tiles of INSULA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with INSULA
19 longer words begin with INSULA.
Shorter words from the letters in INSULA
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Common questions about INSULA
- Is INSULA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts INSULA, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is INSULA worth?
- INSULA is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does INSULA mean?
- A fold of the cerebral cortex tucked deep inside the brain, linked to sensation, emotion, and awareness of the body's internal state.
- What letters can be added to INSULA?
- INSULA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of INSULA:
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