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Is instruct a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word instruct is a Scrabble US word. The word instruct is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

I1N1S1T1R1U1C3T1

Is instruct a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word instruct is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

I1N1S1T1R1U1C3T1

Is instruct a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word instruct is a Words With Friends word. The word instruct is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

I1N2S1T1R1U2C4T1

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8-letter words (1 found)

INSTRUCT,

7-letter words (2 found)

INCRUST,INTRUST,

6-letter words (13 found)

CITRUS,CUNITS,CUTINS,INCURS,INCUTS,RICTUS,RUSTIC,RUTINS,SCRUNT,STRICT,STRUNT,TINCTS,TUNICS,

5-letter words (35 found)

CRITS,CRUST,CUITS,CUNIT,CUNTS,CURNS,CURSI,CURST,CUTIN,CUTIS,ICTUS,INCUR,INCUS,INCUT,INUST,RITTS,RUINS,RUNIC,RUNTS,RUTIN,SNIRT,STINT,STRUT,STUNT,STURT,SUINT,TINCT,TINTS,TRINS,TRIST,TRUST,TUNIC,TURNS,TURNT,UNITS,

4-letter words (45 found)

CIST,CITS,CRIS,CRIT,CRUS,CUIT,CUNT,CURN,CURS,CURT,CUTS,NITS,NURS,NUTS,RINS,RITS,RITT,RUCS,RUIN,RUNS,RUNT,RUST,RUTS,SCUR,SCUT,SNIT,STIR,STUN,SUIT,SUNI,TICS,TINS,TINT,TITS,TRIN,TUIS,TUNS,TURN,TUTS,UNCI,UNIS,UNIT,URIC,URNS,UTIS,

3-letter words (36 found)

CIS,CIT,CRU,CUR,CUT,INS,ITS,NIS,NIT,NUR,NUS,NUT,RIN,RIT,RUC,RUN,RUT,SIC,SIN,SIR,SIT,SRI,SUI,SUN,SUR,TIC,TIN,TIS,TIT,TUI,TUN,TUT,UNI,UNS,URN,UTS,

2-letter words (11 found)

IN,IS,IT,NU,SI,ST,TI,UN,UR,US,UT,

You can make 143 words from instruct according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of instruct

instruct

Etymology

From Latin īnstrūctus, perfect passive participle of īnstruō (“I instruct; I arrange, furnish, or provide”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ɪnˈstɹʌkt/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ɪnˈstɹakt/
  • Rhymes: -ʌkt

Verb

instruct (third-person singular simple present instructs, present participle instructing, simple past and past participle instructed)

  1. (transitive) To teach by giving instructions.
    Synonyms: educate, guide
    • 1751, Samuel Johnson, The Rambler, No. 156, 14 September, 1751, in Volume 5, London: J. Payne and J. Bouquet, 1752, p. 177,[2]
      […] the design of tragedy is to instruct by moving the passions,
  2. (transitive) To tell (someone) what they must or should do.
    Synonyms: command, direct, order
    Usage note: "instruct" is less forceful than "order", but weightier than "advise"
  3. (transitive) To give (one's own lawyer) legal instructions as to how they should act in relation to a particular issue; thereby formally appointing them as one's own legal representative in relation to it.

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Noun

instruct (plural instructs)

  1. (obsolete) Instruction.

Adjective

instruct (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Arranged; furnished; provided.
  2. (obsolete) Instructed; taught; enlightened.

Anagrams

  • unstrict

Source: wiktionary.org