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Is injure a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word injure is a Scrabble US word. The word injure is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

I1N1J8U1R1E1

Is injure a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word injure is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

I1N1J8U1R1E1

Is injure a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word injure is a Words With Friends word. The word injure is worth 17 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

I1N2J10U2R1E1

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6-letter words (1 found)

INJURE,

5-letter words (2 found)

INURE,URINE,

4-letter words (6 found)

IURE,JURE,REIN,RINE,RUIN,RUNE,

3-letter words (15 found)

ERN,IRE,JEU,JIN,JUN,NIE,NUR,REI,REN,RIN,RUE,RUN,UNI,URE,URN,

2-letter words (8 found)

EN,ER,IN,NE,NU,RE,UN,UR,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 33 words from injure according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of injure

injure

Etymology

A back-formation from injury, from Anglo-Norman injurie, from Latin iniūria (“injustice; wrong; offense”), from in- (“not”) + iūs, iūris (“right, law”).

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɪn.d͡ʒɚ/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɪn.dʒə/
  • Rhymes: -ɪndʒə(ɹ)

Verb

injure (third-person singular simple present injures, present participle injuring, simple past and past participle injured)

  1. (transitive) To wound or cause physical harm to a living creature.
  2. (transitive) To damage or impair.
  3. (transitive) To do injustice to.

Synonyms

Antonyms

  • praise
  • help
  • preserve
  • benefit

Derived terms

Related terms

  • injurious
  • injury

Translations

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French injurie, borrowed from Latin injuria, iniūria.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃.ʒyʁ/

Noun

injure f (plural injures)

  1. offense, insult

Related terms

  • injurier
  • injurieux
    • injurieusement

Further reading

  • “injure”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Adjective

injūre

  1. vocative masculine singular of injūrus

Source: wiktionary.org