INVESTMENT is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. INVESTMENT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept INVESTMENT?
| 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 INVESTMENT is to know. It scores 15 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for INVESTMENT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
investmentsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How INVESTMENT scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in INVESTMENT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so INVESTMENT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does INVESTMENT mean in Scrabble?
noun
The putting of money, time or effort into something in the hope of future profit or benefit, or the thing bought for that purpose.
Beyond shares and property, investment can mean any outlay that should pay off later, such as an education. In older military usage it meant the surrounding of a town by besieging troops.
How INVESTMENT is used
Used widely in finance and everyday talk for spending now to gain later.
- The house turned out to be a sound investment.
- Her investment of time in practice paid off at the finals.
- The government announced major investment in rail.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of INVESTMENT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with INVESTMENT
1 longer words begin with INVESTMENT.
Shorter words from the letters in INVESTMENT
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Common questions about INVESTMENT
- Is INVESTMENT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts INVESTMENT, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is INVESTMENT worth?
- INVESTMENT is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does INVESTMENT mean?
- The putting of money, time or effort into something in the hope of future profit or benefit, or the thing bought for that purpose.
- What letters can be added to INVESTMENT?
- INVESTMENT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of INVESTMENT:
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