What INSECTS Means
INSECTS is a form of INSECT, which means:
- noun: small air-breathing arthropod
- noun: a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
INSECTS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as I1 N1 S1 E1 C3 T1 S1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 59 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In INSECTS
118 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
6 letter words (8)
5 letter words (29)
CENTSCESTICINESCISTSCITESINSETNEISTNESTSNISSENITESSCENTSECTSSENSISENTISENTSSICESSIENSSIENTSINCESINESSITESSNIESSNITSSTEINSTENSSTIESTEINSTICESTINES
4 letter words (43)
CENSCENTCESSCINECISTCITECITSESTSETICICESNESSNESTNETSNICENIESNITENITSSECSSECTSEISSENSSENTSETSSICESICSSIENSIESSINESINSSISTSITESITSSNITSTENSTIETECSTEINTENSTICETICSTIESTINETINS
3 letter words (27)
2 letter words (11)
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