INURE is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. INURE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept INURE?
| 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 INURE is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for INURE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How INURE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in INURE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,841.
What does INURE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To make someone accustomed to something unpleasant or difficult, usually through repeated exposure.
To inure a person to hardship, pain or criticism means that repeated exposure gradually dulls its effect, so that what once felt shocking or painful becomes ordinary and tolerable. Soldiers can become inured to danger after months at the front, just as a nurse may grow inured to the sight of injuries over a long career. The word usually appears in the passive form, become inured or grow inured, describing a slow change rather than a sudden decision. In law, inure has a separate, technical sense meaning to take effect or apply, as when a benefit is said to inure to someone's advantage.
How INURE is used
Fairly formal, often used in the passive to describe gradual adaptation to hardship or unpleasant experience.
- Years on the force had inured him to scenes that once shocked him.
- She grew inured to the constant noise of the busy street outside.
- Long exposure to criticism can inure a public figure to insults.
- The contract states that any profit shall inure to the partnership's benefit.
- Farmers become inured to early mornings after decades of the same routine.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of INURE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of INURE
The 5 tiles of INURE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with INURE
6 longer words begin with INURE.
Words ending in INURE
1 words end in INURE. Useful as a back hook: play INURE onto a word already on the board.
Words with INURE inside
3 words contain INURE in the middle. Words that start with INURE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in INURE
Common questions about INURE
- Is INURE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts INURE, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is INURE worth?
- INURE is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does INURE mean?
- To make someone accustomed to something unpleasant or difficult, usually through repeated exposure.
- What letters can be added to INURE?
- INURE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of INURE:
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