1. Home
  2. Scrabble Dictionary. Word Meaning and Points

Insane in Scrabble and Meaning

Lookup Word Points and Definitions

What does insane mean? Is insane a Scrabble word?

How many points in Scrabble is insane worth? insane how many points in Words With Friends? What does insane mean? Get all these answers on this page.

Scrabble® and Words with Friends® points for insane

See how to calculate how many points for insane.

Is insane a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word insane is a Scrabble US word. The word insane is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

I1N1S1A1N1E1

Is insane a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word insane is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

I1N1S1A1N1E1

Is insane a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word insane is a Words With Friends word. The word insane is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

I1N2S1A1N2E1

Our tools

Valid words made from Insane

Results

6-letter words (4 found)

INANES,INSANE,SANNIE,SIENNA,

5-letter words (6 found)

ANISE,INANE,ISNAE,NINES,SAINE,SENNA,

4-letter words (21 found)

AINE,AINS,ANES,ANIS,ANNS,EANS,EINA,INNS,ISNA,NAES,NAIN,NANE,NANS,NIES,NINE,SAIN,SANE,SEAN,SENA,SIEN,SINE,

3-letter words (23 found)

AIN,AIS,ANE,ANI,ANN,ANS,EAN,EAS,ENS,INN,INS,NAE,NAN,NAS,NIE,NIS,SAE,SAI,SAN,SEA,SEI,SEN,SIN,

2-letter words (12 found)

AE,AI,AN,AS,EA,EN,ES,IN,IS,NA,NE,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 67 words from insane according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of insane

insane

English

Etymology

From Latin īnsānus (“unsound in mind; mad, insane”), from in- + sānus (“sound, sane”), equivalent to in- +‎ sane.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪnˈseɪn/
  • Rhymes: -eɪn

Adjective

insane (comparative more insane or insaner, superlative most insane or insanest)

  1. Exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind; not sane; utterly mad.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:insane
  2. Used by or relating to insane people.
  3. Causing insanity or madness.
  4. (informal) Characterized by excess or the utmost folly; ridiculous; impractical.
  5. (slang) Extremely good; incredibly amazing.
  6. (informal) Enraged; furious.

Synonyms

  • See Thesaurus:insane

Antonyms

  • sane

Derived terms

Related terms

  • insanity

Collocations

Translations

Further reading

  • “insane”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “insane”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
  • “insane”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • Annies, Sannie, Sienna, inanes, nenias, sannie, sienna

French

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English insane, from Latin īnsānus (“unsound in mind; mad, insane”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /in.sɛjn/
  • IPA(key): /in.sɛn/
  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃.san/

Adjective

insane (plural insanes)

  1. insane, crazy

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English insane.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /in.sɛjn/

Adjective

insane (plural insanes)

  1. (informal) crazy, unbelievable

Italian

Adjective

insane f pl

  1. feminine plural of insano

Latin

Adjective

īnsāne

  1. vocative masculine singular of īnsānus

References

  • “insane”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “insane”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • insane in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Source: wiktionary.org