INSULT is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. INSULT 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 INSULT?
| 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 INSULT is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for INSULT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
insultsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How INSULT scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in INSULT, 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 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 57,487.
What does INSULT mean in Scrabble?
verb
To speak to or treat someone in a way that shows contempt or causes offence.
To insult someone is to say or do something that plainly disrespects them, whether through a direct remark, a dismissive gesture, or an act meant to belittle. The same word works as a noun for the remark or act itself, as in that comment was an insult, a use that grew naturally from the verb. Medicine has borrowed the word too, calling any injury or harmful event to the body or a tissue an insult, a sense far removed from rudeness but tied to the same root idea of an attack. The Latin root of insult originally meant to leap or trample upon, a physical image that survives only faintly in the modern sense of wounding someone's pride.
How INSULT is used
A common word in everyday speech; the noun form and the medical sense of tissue damage both derive from the same verb.
- He did not mean to insult her, but the joke landed badly.
- She refused to insult a guest, however rude he had been.
- Doctors call any injury to the brain an insult in medical notes.
- The critic's review seemed designed to insult the young author.
- To insult a host at the table was once considered a serious breach.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of INSULT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of INSULT
The 6 tiles of INSULT in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with INSULT
10 longer words begin with INSULT.
Shorter words from the letters in INSULT
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Common questions about INSULT
- Is INSULT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts INSULT, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is INSULT worth?
- INSULT is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does INSULT mean?
- To speak to or treat someone in a way that shows contempt or causes offence.
- What letters can be added to INSULT?
- INSULT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of INSULT:
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