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Is into a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word into is a Scrabble US word. The word into is worth 4 points in Scrabble:

I1N1T1O1

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Yes. The word into is a Scrabble UK word and has 4 points:

I1N1T1O1

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You can make 15 words from 'into' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.


4 letters words from 'into'

INTO 4OINT 4

3 letters words from 'into'

ION 3NIT 3
NOT 3TIN 3
TON 3 

2 letters words from 'into'

IN 2IO 2
IT 2NO 2
OI 2ON 2
TI 2TO 2

All 4 letters words made out of into

into nito itno tino ntio tnio inot niot iont oint noit onit iton tion iotn oitn toin otin ntoi tnoi noti onti toni otni

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word into. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in into.

Definitions and meaning of into

into

Etymology

From Middle English in-to, from Old English intō, equivalent to in +‎ to. Cognate with Scots intae.

Pronunciation

  • (stressed)
    • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɪn.tuː/
    • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɪn.tu/
  • (unstressed, before consonants) IPA(key): /ˈɪn.tə/
  • (unstressed, before vowels) IPA(key): /ˈɪn.tʊ/
  • Hyphenation: in‧to

Preposition

into

  1. To or towards the inside of.
  2. To or towards the region of.
  3. Against, especially with force or violence.
  4. Indicates transition into another form or substance.
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      His English is still in its beginning stages, like my Creole, but he was able to translate some Creole songs that he's written into English—not the best English, but English nonetheless.
  5. After the start of.
  6. (colloquial) Interested in or attracted to.
  7. (Britain, archaic, India, mathematics) Expressing the operation of multiplication.
  8. (mathematics) Expressing the operation of division, with the denominator given first. Usually with "goes".
  9. Investigating the subject (of).

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

References

  • Andrea Tyler and Vyvyan Evans, "Bounded landmarks", in The Semantics of English Prepositions: Spatial Scenes, Embodied Meaning and Cognition, Cambridge University Press, 2003, 0-521-81430 8

Anagrams

  • -tion, -toin, Toni, noit, oint, on it

Finnish

Etymology

From dialectal inta, from Proto-Finnic *inta (compare Estonian ind, Livonian ind), probably borrowed from Proto-Germanic [Term?] (compare Old Swedish inna (“achievement, accomplishment”)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈinto/, [ˈin̪t̪o̞]
  • Rhymes: -into
  • Syllabification: in‧to

Noun

into

  1. eagerness, enthusiasm
    odottaa innolla (+ partitive) = to look forward to
  2. passion, fervour/fervor, ardour/ardor
  3. zeal, fanaticism

Declension

Synonyms

  • (eagerness, enthusiasm): innokkuus, innostus
  • (passion, fervo(u)r, ardo(u)r): intohimo
  • (zeal, fanaticism): kiihko

Derived terms

Compounds

  • intohimo
  • intomieli

Anagrams

  • Toni, otin, toin

Ligurian

Etymology

Contraction of inte (“in”) + o m sg (“the”, definite article).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈiŋtu/

Contraction

into

  1. in the (+ a masculine name in the singular)

Synonyms

  • ne-o

Coordinate terms

  • inta
  • inte
  • inti

Middle English

Preposition

into

  1. Alternative spelling of in-to

Neapolitan

Etymology

From Latin intus

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ind̪ɐ/

Preposition

into

  1. in (surrounded by)

Old English

Etymology

in +‎ tō

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /inˈtoː/

Preposition

intō

  1. into

Descendants

  • Middle English: in-to, into, inne to, jn to, jne to, inte
    • English: into
    • Scots: intae

Southern Ndebele

Noun

întó 9 (plural ízintó 10)

  1. thing

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Xhosa

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [íːⁿtó]

Noun

íntó 9 (plural ízintó 10)

  1. thing

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Yemsa

Noun

into

  1. mother

References

  • David Appleyard, Beja as a Cushitic language, in Egyptian and Semito-Hamitic (Afro-Asiatic) Studies: In Memoriam W. Vycichl (Yem into "mother")

Zulu

Etymology

From in- +‎ -tha (“to name, to choose”) +‎ -o. Compare with a similar derivation in Swahili jambo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /îːntó/

Noun

întó 9 (plural ízintó 10)

  1. thing

Inflection

References

  • C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972) , “-tho”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-tho (2-6.3)”

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  • to a position within.
    (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)