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Is invent a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word invent is a Scrabble US word. The word invent is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is invent a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word invent is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

I1N1V4E1N1T1

Is invent a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word invent is a Words With Friends word. The word invent is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

INVENT,

5-letter words (1 found)

VENIN,

4-letter words (10 found)

NEVI,NINE,NITE,TEIN,TINE,VEIN,VENT,VINE,VINT,VITE,

3-letter words (10 found)

INN,NET,NIE,NIT,TEN,TIE,TIN,VET,VIE,VIN,

2-letter words (7 found)

EN,ET,IN,IT,NE,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 30 words from invent according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of invent

invent

Etymology

From Middle English inventen, borrowed from Old French inventer, from Latin inventus, perfect passive participle of inveniō (come upon, meet with, find, discover), from in (in, on) + veniō (come); see venture. Compare advent, covent, event, prevent, etc.

Displaced native Old English āþenċan (literally to think out).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪnˈvɛnt/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnt

Verb

invent (third-person singular simple present invents, present participle inventing, simple past and past participle invented)

  1. To design a new process or mechanism.
  2. To create something fictional for a particular purpose.
    Synonym: make up
  3. (obsolete) To come upon; to find; to discover.

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • fangle

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See also

  • discover

Further reading

  • “invent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “invent”, in The Century Dictionary [], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [imˈben]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencian) [iɱˈvent]

Noun

invent m (plural invents)

  1. invention
    Synonym: invenció

Related terms

  • inventar

Further reading

  • “invent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “invent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “invent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “invent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Source: wiktionary.org