INSURANCE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. INSURANCE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept INSURANCE?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful INSURANCE is to know. It scores 11 from 9 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for INSURANCE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How INSURANCE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in INSURANCE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so INSURANCE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does INSURANCE mean in Scrabble?
noun
An arrangement in which a company pays compensation for a loss, damage or illness in return for regular payments.
People buy insurance for homes, cars, health and travel so that a sudden bill does not ruin them. The word is also used loosely for any safeguard, such as carrying a spare key as insurance against losing the first.
How INSURANCE is used
The word insurance covers both the financial product and, figuratively, any protective measure.
- She paid her car insurance every January.
- The insurance covered the cost of the repairs.
- He kept a copy of the file as insurance against a computer failure.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of INSURANCE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of INSURANCE
The 9 tiles of INSURANCE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with INSURANCE
3 longer words begin with INSURANCE.
Shorter words from the letters in INSURANCE
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Common questions about INSURANCE
- Is INSURANCE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts INSURANCE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is INSURANCE worth?
- INSURANCE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does INSURANCE mean?
- An arrangement in which a company pays compensation for a loss, damage or illness in return for regular payments.
- What letters can be added to INSURANCE?
- INSURANCE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of INSURANCE:
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