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Is inside a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word inside is a Scrabble US word. The word inside is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

I1N1S1I1D2E1

Is inside a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word inside is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

I1N1S1I1D2E1

Is inside a Words With Friends word?

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

I1N2S1I1D2E1

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6-letter words (2 found)

INDIES,INSIDE,

5-letter words (8 found)

DENIS,DINES,INDIE,NIDES,NISEI,SDEIN,SINED,SNIDE,

4-letter words (21 found)

DENI,DENS,DESI,DIES,DINE,DINS,ENDS,IDES,NEDS,NIDE,NIDI,NIDS,NIED,NIES,NISI,SEND,SIDE,SIEN,SIND,SINE,SNED,

3-letter words (19 found)

DEI,DEN,DIE,DIN,DIS,EDS,END,ENS,IDE,IDS,INS,NED,NID,NIE,NIS,SED,SEI,SEN,SIN,

2-letter words (10 found)

DE,DI,ED,EN,ES,ID,IN,IS,NE,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 61 words from inside according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of inside

inside

Etymology

From Middle English ynneside; equivalent to in- +‎ side.

Compare German Innenseite (“inside”), Danish inderside (“inside”), Swedish insida (“inside”), Dutch binnenzijde (“inside”), German Low German Binnensied, Binnersied (“inside”), Saterland Frisian Binnersiede (“inside”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɪnsaɪd/, /ɪnˈsaɪd/
  • Rhymes: -aɪd

Noun

inside (plural insides)

  1. The interior or inner part.
  2. The left-hand side of a road if one drives on the left, or right-hand side if one drives on the right.
  3. The side of a curved road, racetrack etc. that has the shorter arc length; the side of a racetrack nearer the interior of the course or some other point of reference.
  4. (colloquial, in the plural) The interior organs of the body, especially the guts.
  5. (dated, UK, colloquial) A passenger within a coach or carriage, as distinguished from one upon the outside.
  6. (slang) The inside scoop; information known only to certain involved people.

Translations

Adjective

inside (comparative more inside, superlative most inside)

  1. Of or pertaining to the inner surface, limit or boundary.
  2. Nearer to the interior or centre of something.
    Because of the tighter bend, it's harder to run in an inside lane.
    All the window seats were occupied, so she took an inside seat.
  3. Originating from, arranged by, or being someone inside an organisation.
    The reporter had received inside information about the forthcoming takeover.
    The robbery was planned by the security guard: it was an inside job.
    They wanted to know the inside story behind the celebrity's fall from grace.
  4. (of a person) Legally married to or related to (e.g. born in wedlock to), and/or residing with, a specified other person (parent, child, or partner); (of a marriage, relationship, etc) existing between two such people.
    Antonym: outside
  5. (baseball, of a pitch) Toward the batter as it crosses home plate.
    The first pitch is ... just a bit inside.
  6. At or towards or the left-hand side of the road if one drives on the left, or right-hand side if one drives on the right.

Antonyms

  • outside

Related terms

  • insider
  • withinside

Translations

Adverb

inside (comparative more inside, superlative most inside)

  1. Within or towards the interior of something; within the scope or limits of something (a place), especially a building.
    It started raining, so I went inside.
    The secretive residents of the massive city-ship tended to stay inside.
    2. (colloquial) In or to prison.
      He spent ten years inside, doing a stretch for burglary.
  2. Indoors.
    It was snowing, so the children stayed inside.
  3. Intimately, secretly; without expressing what one is feeling or thinking.
    Are you laughing at us inside?

Translations

Preposition

inside

  1. Within the interior of something, closest to the center or to a specific point of reference.
    He placed the letter inside the envelope.
  2. Within a period of time.
    The job was finished inside two weeks.

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Derived terms

Anagrams

  • Indies, die-ins, in dies, indies

Latin

Verb

īnsidē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of īnsideō

Source: wiktionary.org