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Is inspire a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word inspire is a Scrabble US word. The word inspire is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

I1N1S1P3I1R1E1

Is inspire a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word inspire is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

I1N1S1P3I1R1E1

Is inspire a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word inspire is a Words With Friends word. The word inspire is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

I1N2S1P4I1R1E1

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7-letter words (4 found)

INSPIRE,PIRNIES,SNIPIER,SPINIER,

6-letter words (7 found)

PIERIS,PINIER,PINIES,PIRNIE,REPINS,RIPENS,SNIPER,

5-letter words (26 found)

EPRIS,NISEI,PEINS,PENIS,PERIS,PERNS,PIERS,PINES,PIRNS,PRIES,PRISE,REINS,REPIN,RESIN,RINES,RINSE,RIPEN,RIPES,RISEN,SERIN,SIREN,SNIPE,SPEIR,SPIER,SPINE,SPIRE,

4-letter words (38 found)

ERNS,IRES,IRIS,NEPS,NIES,NIPS,NISI,PEIN,PENI,PENS,PERI,PERN,PIER,PIES,PINE,PINS,PIRN,PIRS,PISE,REIN,REIS,RENS,REPS,RINE,RINS,RIPE,RIPS,RISE,RISP,SEIR,SIEN,SINE,SIPE,SIRE,SIRI,SNIP,SPIE,SPIN,

3-letter words (31 found)

ENS,ERN,ERS,INS,IRE,NEP,NIE,NIP,NIS,PEN,PER,PES,PIE,PIN,PIR,PIS,PRE,PSI,REI,REN,REP,RES,RIN,RIP,SEI,SEN,SER,SIN,SIP,SIR,SRI,

2-letter words (10 found)

EN,ER,ES,IN,IS,NE,PE,PI,RE,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 117 words from inspire according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of inspire

inspire

Etymology

From Middle English inspiren, enspiren, from Old French inspirer, variant of espirer, from Latin īnspīrāre, present active infinitive of īnspīrō (“inspire”), itself a loan-translation of Biblical Ancient Greek πνέω (pnéō, “breathe”), from in + spīrō (“breathe”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys- (“to blow, breathe”). Displaced native Old English onbryrdan (literally “to prick in”).

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɪn.ˈspaɪɹ/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪn.ˈspaɪə(ɹ)/
  • Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)

Verb

inspire (third-person singular simple present inspires, present participle inspiring, simple past and past participle inspired)

  1. (transitive) To infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit; to convey, as by a divine or supernatural influence; to disclose preternaturally; to produce in, as by inspiration.
  2. (transitive) To infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence; to fill with what animates, enlivens or exalts; to communicate inspiration to.
  3. (intransitive) To draw in by the operation of breathing; to inhale.
  4. To infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing.
  5. (archaic, transitive) To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.
  6. (transitive) To spread rumour indirectly.

Synonyms

  • beghast

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of "inhale"): expire

Derived terms

Related terms

  • awe-inspire
  • inspiration
  • inspirational
  • inspirator
  • inspiratory

Translations

Anagrams

  • spinier

Asturian

Verb

inspire

  1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of inspirar

French

Pronunciation

Verb

inspire

  1. inflection of inspirer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Verb

inspire

  1. inflection of inspirar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [inˈspire]

Verb

inspire

  1. third-person singular/plural present subjunctive of inspira

Spanish

Verb

inspire

  1. inflection of inspirar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Source: wiktionary.org