INVEST is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. INVEST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept INVEST?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful INVEST is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for INVEST
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
investsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How INVEST scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in INVEST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,325.
What does INVEST mean in Scrabble?
verb
To put money, time or effort into something in the hope of a later return.
Most often people invest in shares, property or a business, expecting it to grow. The word also has an older ceremonial sense of formally giving a person a rank, office or power, as when a monarch is invested with a crown. A third sense, to surround a town in order to besiege it, survives mainly in history books. All three go back to Latin investire, to clothe.
How INVEST is used
Financial sense is everyday; the ceremonial and military senses are formal or historical.
- They chose to invest their savings in a small farm.
- It pays to invest time in learning the basics first.
- The council will invest the new mayor with a chain of office.
- Teachers invest a great deal of care in their students.
- The army moved to invest the fortress before winter.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of INVEST and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with INVEST
24 longer words begin with INVEST.
Shorter words from the letters in INVEST
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Common questions about INVEST
- Is INVEST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts INVEST, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is INVEST worth?
- INVEST is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does INVEST mean?
- To put money, time or effort into something in the hope of a later return.
- What letters can be added to INVEST?
- INVEST takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of INVEST:
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