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Is instar a Scrabble word?

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

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Is instar a Scrabble UK word?

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

I1N1S1T1A1R1

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6-letter words (4 found)

INSTAR,SANTIR,STRAIN,TRAINS,

5-letter words (31 found)

AIRNS,AIRTS,ANTIS,ARTIS,ASTIR,INTRA,NARIS,NATIS,RAINS,RAITS,RANIS,RANTS,RIANT,SAINT,SARIN,SATIN,SITAR,SNIRT,STAIN,STAIR,STARN,STRIA,TAINS,TARNS,TARSI,TIANS,TIARS,TINAS,TRAIN,TRANS,TRINS,

4-letter words (45 found)

AINS,AIRN,AIRS,AIRT,AITS,ANIS,ANTI,ANTS,ARIS,ARTI,ARTS,ISNA,ITAS,NATS,NITS,RAIN,RAIS,RAIT,RANI,RANT,RAST,RATS,RIAS,RINS,RITS,SAIN,SAIR,SANT,SARI,SATI,SNAR,SNIT,STAR,STIR,TAIN,TAIS,TANS,TARN,TARS,TIAN,TIAR,TINA,TINS,TRIN,TSAR,

3-letter words (38 found)

AIN,AIR,AIS,AIT,ANI,ANS,ANT,ARS,ART,ATS,INS,ITA,ITS,NAS,NAT,NIS,NIT,RAI,RAN,RAS,RAT,RIA,RIN,RIT,SAI,SAN,SAR,SAT,SIN,SIR,SIT,SRI,TAI,TAN,TAR,TAS,TIN,TIS,

2-letter words (13 found)

AI,AN,AR,AS,AT,IN,IS,IT,NA,SI,ST,TA,TI,

You can make 131 words from instar according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of instar

instar

Etymology 1

From Latin instar (“form, likeness”), which is of obscure origin.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɪnstɑː/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɪnstɑɹ/
  • Hyphenation: in‧star

Noun

instar (plural instars)

  1. Any one of the several stages of postembryonic development which an arthropod undergoes, between molts, before it reaches sexual maturity.
  2. An arthropod at a specified one of these stages of development.
  3. (by extension) A stage in development.
Translations

Etymology 2

From in- +‎ star.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɪnˈstɑː/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ɪnˈstɑɹ/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)

Verb

instar (third-person singular simple present instars, present participle instarring, simple past and past participle instarred)

  1. (transitive, archaic) To stud or adorn with stars or other brilliants; to star.
  2. (transitive) To make a star of; set as a star.

Anagrams

  • S-train, Sartin, Strain, Tarins, Trains, atrins, santir, sartin, starin', strain, tairns, tarins, trains

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnstar (“equivalent”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃s.taʁ/
  • Hyphenation: in‧star

Noun

instar

  1. Only used in à l’instar de (“just like”)

Derived terms

  • à l’instar de

Further reading

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

Latin

Etymology

Of obscure origin. Perhaps from a metaphor meaning 'to stand close to', thereby semantically related to ἔχθαρ.

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈin.star/, [ˈĩːs̠t̪är]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈin.star/, [ˈinst̪är]

Noun

īnstar n sg (indeclinable, no genitive)

  1. image, likeness, resemblance
  2. counterpart
  3. worth, value
  4. an equal form (of)
  5. of equal weight/size/form (to)
    • 1539 CE, Olaus Magnus, Carta Marina, marginal note.

Declension

Not declined; used only in the nominative and accusative singular, singular only.

Descendants

  • → English: instar
  • → French: instar

References

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ins‧tar

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin īnstāre.

Verb

instar (first-person singular present insto, first-person singular preterite instei, past participle instado) (intransitive)

  1. to urge [+ com (someone)]
  2. to insist [+ por (object) = on], to ask insistently for
  3. to question insistently, to interrogate [+ a (someone)]
  4. to be imminent, to lurk
  5. to be urgent or necessary
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin instar.

Alternative forms

  • ínstar

Noun

instar m (plural instares)

  1. (zoology) instar (Each of the states of metamorphosis of an invertebrate animal, comprised between two periods of molting.)

References

  • “instar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
  • “instar” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin īnstāre (“urge, insist”) whence English instant.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /insˈtaɾ/ [ĩnsˈt̪aɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ins‧tar

Verb

instar (first-person singular present insto, first-person singular preterite insté, past participle instado)

  1. (intransitive) to urge (press someone to do something soon)
    Synonyms: urgir, apretar
  2. (transitive) to insist (repeat a plea)
    Synonym: insistir

Conjugation

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Further reading

  • “instar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Source: wiktionary.org