INSTEAD Meaning, Scrabble Score and Anagrams

What INSTEAD Means

adverb: in place of, or as an alternative to“Felix became a herpetologist instead”
adverb: on the contrary“rather than disappoint the children, he did two quick tricks before he left”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

INSTEAD is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as I1 N1 S1 T1 E1 A1 D2.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 58 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Anagrams of INSTEAD (6)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

DESTAIN DETAINS NIDATES SAINTED SATINED STAINED

Words Made From The Letters In INSTEAD

283 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 (13)

DAINES DETAIN IDANTS IDENTS NIDATE SAINED SDAINE SEITAN STANED TEINDS TENIAS TINEAS TISANE

5 letter words (73)

4 letter words (104)

3 letter words (68)

ADS AID AIN AIS AIT AND ANE ANI ANS ANT ATE ATS DAE DAN DAS DEI DEN DIE DIN DIS DIT EAN EAS EAT EDS END ENS EST ETA IDE IDS INS ITA ITS NAE NAS NAT NED NET NID NIE NIS NIT SAD SAE SAI SAN SAT SEA SED SEI SEN SET SIN SIT TAD TAE TAI TAN TAS TEA TED TEN TES TID TIE TIN TIS

2 letter words (25)

AD AE AI AN AS AT DA DE DI EA ED EN ES ET ID IN IS IT NA NE SI ST TA TE TI

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