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Is insure a Scrabble word?

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

I1N1S1U1R1E1

Is insure a Scrabble UK word?

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

I1N1S1U1R1E1

Is insure a Words With Friends word?

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

I1N2S1U2R1E1

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6-letter words (6 found)

ERINUS,INSURE,INURES,RUSINE,URINES,URSINE,

5-letter words (13 found)

INURE,NURSE,REINS,RESIN,RINES,RINSE,RISEN,RUINS,RUNES,SERIN,SIEUR,SIREN,URINE,

4-letter words (27 found)

ERNS,IRES,IURE,NIES,NURS,REIN,REIS,RENS,RINE,RINS,RISE,RUES,RUIN,RUNE,RUNS,RUSE,SEIR,SIEN,SINE,SIRE,SUER,SUNI,SURE,UNIS,URES,URNS,USER,

3-letter words (30 found)

ENS,ERN,ERS,INS,IRE,NIE,NIS,NUR,NUS,REI,REN,RES,RIN,RUE,RUN,SEI,SEN,SER,SIN,SIR,SRI,SUE,SUI,SUN,SUR,UNI,UNS,URE,URN,USE,

2-letter words (12 found)

EN,ER,ES,IN,IS,NE,NU,RE,SI,UN,UR,US,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 89 words from insure according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of insure

insure

Etymology

Recorded since about 1440, as a variant of Middle English ensuren (from Anglo-Norman enseurer, itself from en- (“make”) + seür (“sure”), probably influenced by Old French asseürer (“to assure”)); took on its particular sense of "make safe against loss by payment of premiums" in 1635, replacing assure.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪnˈʃʊə/, /ɪnˈʃɔː/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɪnˈʃʊɚ/, /ɪnˈʃɝ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ), -ʊə(ɹ), -ɜː(ɹ)

Verb

insure (third-person singular simple present insures, present participle insuring, simple past and past participle insured)

  1. (transitive) To provide for compensation if some specified risk occurs. Often agreed by policy (contract) to offer financial compensation in case of an accident, theft or other undesirable event.
    I'm not insured against burglary.
  2. (intransitive) To deal in such contracts; subscribe to a policy of insurance
  3. (chiefly US, transitive, dated) Alternative spelling of ensure; to make sure or certain of; guarantee.

Usage notes

  • (provide for compensation): Note that both the person taking out insurance and the company with whom the policy is taken are said to insure the risk.

Derived terms

  • insurance
  • insurer
  • reinsure
  • self-insure

Related terms

  • insurant
  • assure
  • ensure

Translations

See also

  • inshore

Anagrams

  • Ursine, inures, nursie, rusine, urines, ursine

Source: wiktionary.org