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Is incest a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word incest is a Scrabble US word. The word incest is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

I1N1C3E1S1T1

Is incest a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word incest is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

I1N1C3E1S1T1

Is incest a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word incest is a Words With Friends word. The word incest is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

I1N2C4E1S1T1

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6-letter words (4 found)

INCEST,INSECT,NICEST,SCIENT,

5-letter words (16 found)

CENTS,CESTI,CINES,CITES,ETICS,INSET,NEIST,NITES,SCENT,SENTI,SIENT,SINCE,STEIN,TEINS,TICES,TINES,

4-letter words (32 found)

CENS,CENT,CINE,CIST,CITE,CITS,ENTS,ETIC,ICES,NEST,NETS,NICE,NIES,NITE,NITS,SECT,SENT,SICE,SIEN,SINE,SITE,SNIT,STEN,STIE,TECS,TEIN,TENS,TICE,TICS,TIES,TINE,TINS,

3-letter words (25 found)

CIS,CIT,ENS,EST,ICE,INS,ITS,NET,NIE,NIS,NIT,SEC,SEI,SEN,SET,SIC,SIN,SIT,TEC,TEN,TES,TIC,TIE,TIN,TIS,

2-letter words (11 found)

EN,ES,ET,IN,IS,IT,NE,SI,ST,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 89 words from incest according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of incest

incest

Etymology

From Latin incestus. Displaced native Old English mǣġhǣmed (literally “relative-sex”). Doublet of inchaste.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɪnsɛst/
  • Rhymes: -ɪnsɛst

Noun

incest (usually uncountable, plural incests)

  1. Sexual relations between close relatives, especially immediate family members and sometimes first cousins, usually considered taboo; in many jurisdictions, close relatives are not allowed to marry, and incest is a crime.

Synonyms

  • inbreeding

Antonyms

  • outbreeding

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Verb

incest (third-person singular simple present incests, present participle incesting, simple past and past participle incested)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To engage in incestuous sexual intercourse.

See also

  • sexual intercourse
  • inbreeder
  • inbred
  • sisterfucker
  • motherfucker
  • brotherfucker

Further reading

  • incest on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • “incest”, in Collins English Dictionary.
  • “incest, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  • “incest”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • “incest”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  • “incest” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.

Anagrams

  • ceints, insect, nicest, scient

Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin incestus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɪn.sɛst/, (dated) /ɪnˈsɛst/
  • Hyphenation: in‧cest

Noun

incest m (uncountable)

  1. incest
    Synonyms: bloedschande, bloedschending, bloedschennis

Derived terms

  • incestueus

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French inceste, from Latin incestus.

Noun

incest n (plural incesturi)

  1. incest

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin incestus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ǐnt͡sest/
  • Hyphenation: in‧cest

Noun

ìncest m (Cyrillic spelling ѝнцест)

  1. incest

Declension

Swedish

Noun

incest c

  1. incest
    Synonym: (dated) blodskam

Declension

Related terms

  • incestuös (“incestuous”)

References

  • incest in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • incest in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • incest in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Source: wiktionary.org