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

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

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7-letter words (2 found)

INSULAR,URINALS,

6-letter words (7 found)

INSULA,INULAS,LUNARS,NAIRUS,URALIS,URIALS,URINAL,

5-letter words (35 found)

AIRNS,ANILS,ARILS,AURIS,INULA,LAIRS,LARIS,LARNS,LIARS,LIRAS,LUNAR,LUNAS,NAILS,NAIRU,NARIS,NIRLS,NURLS,RAILS,RAINS,RANIS,RAUNS,RIALS,RUINS,SARIN,SLAIN,SNAIL,SNARL,SURAL,ULANS,ULNAR,ULNAS,UNAIS,URALI,URIAL,URNAL,

4-letter words (55 found)

AILS,AINS,AIRN,AIRS,ALUS,ANIL,ANIS,ANUS,ARIL,ARIS,ISNA,LAIN,LAIR,LARI,LARN,LARS,LIAR,LIAS,LINS,LIRA,LUNA,LUNS,LURS,NAIL,NILS,NIRL,NURL,NURS,RAIL,RAIN,RAIS,RANI,RAUN,RIAL,RIAS,RINS,RUIN,RUNS,RUSA,SAIL,SAIN,SAIR,SARI,SAUL,SIAL,SLUR,SNAR,SUNI,SURA,ULAN,ULNA,UNAI,UNIS,URNS,URSA,

3-letter words (41 found)

AIL,AIN,AIR,AIS,ALS,ALU,ANI,ANS,ARS,INS,LAR,LAS,LIN,LIS,LUN,LUR,NAS,NIL,NIS,NUR,NUS,RAI,RAN,RAS,RIA,RIN,RUN,SAI,SAL,SAN,SAR,SAU,SIN,SIR,SRI,SUI,SUN,SUR,UNI,UNS,URN,

2-letter words (15 found)

AI,AL,AN,AR,AS,IN,IS,LA,LI,NA,NU,SI,UN,UR,US,

You can make 155 words from insular according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of insular

insular

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin insularis (“of or belonging to an island”), from insula (“an island”), perhaps, from in (“in”) + salum (“the main sea”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɪnsjələ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɪnsəlɚ/, /ˈɪnsjəlɚ/
  • Hyphenation: in‧su‧lar

Adjective

insular (comparative more insular, superlative most insular)

  1. Of, pertaining to, being, or resembling an island or islands.
  2. Situated on an island.
  3. Separate or isolated from the surroundings; having little interaction with external parties; provincial.
  4. Having an inward-looking, standoffish, or withdrawn manner.
  5. (anatomy) Relating to the insula in the brain.
  6. (biochemistry) Relating to insulin.
  7. (linguistics, anthropology) (often with a capital letter) Relating to the varieties of a language or languages spoken chiefly on islands. Insular Latin, Latin as it was spoken in Britain and Ireland. Insular Celtic, the Celtic languages of Britain, Ireland and also Brittany, as opposed to those spoken in mainland Europe other than Brittany. Insular Scandinavian, relating to the Icelandic and Faroese languages as opposed to the ones spoken in Sweden, Denmark and Norway.

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Noun

insular (plural insulars)

  1. An islander.

Further reading

  • “insular”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • urinals

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnsulāris.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [in.suˈlar]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [in.suˈla]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [in.suˈlaɾ]

Adjective

insular m or f (masculine and feminine plural insulars)

  1. insular
    Synonym: illenc

Related terms

  • illa

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin īnsulāris.

Pronunciation

  • Homophone: insolar (Portugal)
  • Hyphenation: in‧su‧lar

Adjective

insular m or f (plural insulares)

  1. insular

Etymology 2

From ínsula +‎ -ar. Piecewise doublet of ilhar and isolar.

Pronunciation

  • Homophone: insolar (Portugal)
  • Hyphenation: in‧su‧lar

Verb

insular (first-person singular present insulo, first-person singular preterite insulei, past participle insulado)

  1. to isolate
  2. (physics) to insulate
Conjugation

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French insulaire, from Latin insularis. By surface analysis, insulă +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /insuˈlar/

Adjective

insular m or n (feminine singular insulară, masculine plural insulari, feminine and neuter plural insulare)

  1. insular

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnsulāris.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /insuˈlaɾ/ [ĩn.suˈlaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: in‧su‧lar

Adjective

insular m or f (masculine and feminine plural insulares)

  1. of, pertaining to, being, or resembling an island or islands

Noun

insular m or f by sense (plural insulares)

  1. islander
  2. (Philippines, obsolete, historical) Philippine-born person of pure or majority Spanish descent
    Synonyms: filipino, filipina, castellano, español
    Coordinate terms: peninsular, criollo, americano

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References

Further reading

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

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