INTENERATE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. INTENERATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept INTENERATE?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful INTENERATE is to know. It scores 10 from 10 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 8.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for INTENERATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How INTENERATE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in INTENERATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so INTENERATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does INTENERATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
rareliterary
To make something soft or tender, or to move someone to gentler feelings.
Intenerate is a bookish cousin of soften, used both for physical substances and for hearts. Readers are most likely to meet it in older prose, where it lends a slightly solemn colour.
How INTENERATE is used
The verb intenerate is rare today and belongs to literary or antique writing.
- Long simmering would intenerate even the toughest cut of meat.
- She hoped the children's song might intenerate the old man's stern heart.
- Grief can intenerate a person who was once hard and proud.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of INTENERATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with INTENERATE
2 longer words begin with INTENERATE.
Shorter words from the letters in INTENERATE
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Common questions about INTENERATE
- Is INTENERATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts INTENERATE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is INTENERATE worth?
- INTENERATE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does INTENERATE mean?
- To make something soft or tender, or to move someone to gentler feelings.
- What letters can be added to INTENERATE?
- INTENERATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of INTENERATE:
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