INTERN is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. INTERN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept INTERN?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful INTERN is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for INTERN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How INTERN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in INTERN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 20,440.
What does INTERN mean in Scrabble?
noun
A student or recent graduate who works, often without full pay, to gain practical experience or complete training requirements.
An intern typically joins a company, hospital, or newsroom for a fixed period to learn the practical side of a career alongside or after formal study, most visibly in medicine, where a newly qualified doctor serves as an intern under supervision before taking on independent responsibility. The same spelling also gives a verb, stressed differently, meaning to confine someone, especially a prisoner of war or an enemy alien, a sense with no connection to the internship meaning beyond a shared Latin root about being kept inside. Employers increasingly use unpaid or low-paid interns to fill entry-level gaps, which has made the word a common subject of debate about fair pay for early-career work. The related noun internship names the whole period of supervised work.
How INTERN is used
A common word in everyday and workplace English, especially in medicine, journalism, and business.
- The newspaper hired a summer intern to cover local sports.
- As a hospital intern, she worked long shifts under close supervision.
- The firm brought on three interns for the marketing department.
- An unpaid intern still deserves proper training and feedback.
- He completed his time as an intern and was offered a full-time post.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of INTERN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of INTERN
The 6 tiles of INTERN in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with INTERN
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Shorter words from the letters in INTERN
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Common questions about INTERN
- Is INTERN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts INTERN, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is INTERN worth?
- INTERN is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does INTERN mean?
- A student or recent graduate who works, often without full pay, to gain practical experience or complete training requirements.
- What letters can be added to INTERN?
- INTERN takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of INTERN:
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