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Is interest a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word interest is a Scrabble US word. The word interest is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is interest a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word interest is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

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Is interest a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word interest is a Words With Friends word. The word interest is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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8-letter words (5 found)

INERTEST,INSETTER,INTEREST,STERNITE,TRIENTES,

7-letter words (17 found)

ENTIRES,ENTRIES,ENTRIST,NERITES,NETTERS,NETTIER,NETTIES,RETINES,RETINTS,STINTER,TENTERS,TENTIER,TESTERN,TESTIER,TINTERS,TRENISE,TRIENES,

6-letter words (51 found)

ENTERS,ENTIRE,ESTRIN,ETTINS,INERTS,INSERT,INTERS,NEREIS,NERITE,NESTER,NETTER,NETTIE,NITERS,NITRES,RENEST,RENIES,RENTES,RESENT,RESITE,RETEST,RETIES,RETINE,RETINT,SEINER,SEITEN,SEREIN,SERINE,SETTER,SINTER,SITTEN,SITTER,STREET,STRENE,STRINE,TENESI,TENETS,TENSER,TENTER,TENTIE,TERNES,TESTER,TETRIS,TINTER,TITERS,TITRES,TREENS,TRIENE,TRIENS,TRINES,TRISTE,TRITES,

5-letter words (77 found)

ENTER,ERNES,ESTER,ETENS,ETTIN,INERT,INSET,INTER,NEIST,NERTS,NETES,NETTS,NITER,NITES,NITRE,REENS,REEST,REINS,REIST,RENTE,RENTS,RESET,RESIN,RESIT,RETIE,RINES,RINSE,RISEN,RITES,RITTS,SEINE,SENTE,SENTI,SERIN,SIENT,SIREE,SIREN,SNEER,SNIRT,STEEN,STEER,STEIN,STENT,STERE,STERN,STINT,STIRE,TEENS,TEERS,TEINS,TENES,TENET,TENSE,TENTS,TERES,TERNE,TERNS,TERSE,TERTS,TESTE,TETES,TETRI,TIERS,TINES,TINTS,TIRES,TITER,TITRE,TREEN,TREES,TREST,TRETS,TRIES,TRINE,TRINS,TRIST,TRITE,

4-letter words (73 found)

EINE,ENES,ENTS,ERES,ERNE,ERNS,ERST,ESNE,ETEN,IRES,NEST,NETE,NETS,NETT,NIES,NITE,NITS,REEN,REES,REIN,REIS,RENS,RENT,REST,RETE,RETS,RINE,RINS,RISE,RITE,RITS,RITT,SEEN,SEER,SEIR,SENE,SENT,SERE,SETT,SIEN,SINE,SIRE,SITE,SNEE,SNIT,STEN,STET,STIE,STIR,TEEN,TEER,TEES,TEIN,TENE,TENS,TENT,TERN,TEST,TETE,TETS,TIER,TIES,TINE,TINS,TINT,TIRE,TITE,TITS,TREE,TRES,TRET,TRIE,TRIN,

3-letter words (39 found)

EEN,ENE,ENS,ERE,ERN,ERS,EST,INS,IRE,ITS,NEE,NET,NIE,NIS,NIT,REE,REI,REN,RES,RET,RIN,RIT,SEE,SEI,SEN,SER,SET,SIN,SIR,SIT,SRI,TEE,TEN,TES,TET,TIE,TIN,TIS,TIT,

2-letter words (14 found)

EE,EN,ER,ES,ET,IN,IS,IT,NE,RE,SI,ST,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 277 words from interest according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of interest

interest

Alternative forms

  • enterest (obsolete)
  • interess (obsolete)
  • intherest (pronunciation spelling, suggesting an Irish accent)

Etymology

From Middle English interest, from Old French interesse and interest (French intérêt), from Medieval Latin interesse, from Latin interesse.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɪntəɹɪst/, /ˈɪntɹɪst/, /ˈɪntɹɛst/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɪntəɹəst/, /ˈɪntɹəst/, /ˈɪntəɹɛst/, /ˈɪntɹɛst/, /ˈɪntəɹst/
  • Rhymes: -ɪntəɹɪst, -ɪntɹɪst, -ɪntəɹəst, -ɪntɹəst, -ɪntəɹɛst, -ɪntɹɛst, -ɪntəɹst
  • Hyphenation: in‧ter‧est

Noun

interest (usually uncountable, plural interests)

  2. (uncountable, finance) The price paid for obtaining, or price received for providing, money or goods in a credit transaction, calculated as a fraction of the amount or value of what was borrowed. [from earlier 16th c.]
  4. (uncountable, finance) Any excess over and above an exact equivalent
  6. (uncountable) A great attention and concern from someone or something; intellectual curiosity. [from later 18th c.]
  8. (uncountable) Attention that is given to or received from someone or something.
  10. (countable) An involvement, claim, right, share, stake in or link with a financial, business, or other undertaking or endeavor.
  12. (countable) Something which, or someone whom, one is interested in.
  14. (uncountable) Condition or quality of exciting concern or being of importance.
  15. (obsolete, rare) Injury, or compensation for injury; damages.
  16. (usually in the plural) The persons interested in any particular business or measure, taken collectively.
    Coordinate terms: industry, trust, syndicate

Synonyms

  • (fraction of the amount or value of what was borrowed): cost of money, oker

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Translations

Verb

interest (third-person singular simple present interests, present participle interesting, simple past and past participle interested)

  1. To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing.
    It might interest you to learn that others have already tried that approach.
    Action films don't really interest me.
  2. (obsolete, often impersonal) To be concerned with or engaged in; to affect; to concern; to excite.
  3. (obsolete) To cause or permit to share.

Antonyms

  • bore
  • disinterest

Derived terms

  • interested
  • interesting

Translations

Further reading

  • "interest" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 171.

Anagrams

  • Steinert, ernstite, inertest, insetter, interset, sternite, tres-tine, trientes

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • interesse (obsolete)
  • intrest

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Doublet of interesse.

Pronunciation

Noun

interest m (plural interesten, diminutive interestje n)

  1. (finance) interest

Synonyms

  • rente

Descendants

  • Negerhollands: interesse
  • → Papiamentu: interest (dated)

Latin

Verb

interest

  1. third-person singular present active indicative of intersum

References

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

Middle French

Noun

interest m (plural interests)

  1. interest (great attention and concern from someone or something)

Source: wiktionary.org