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Is invite a Scrabble word?

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

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Is invite a Scrabble UK word?

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

I1N1V4I1T1E1

Is invite a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word invite is a Words With Friends word. The word invite is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

I1N2V5I1T1E1

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6-letter words (1 found)

INVITE,

4-letter words (10 found)

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

3-letter words (9 found)

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)

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You can make 28 words from invite according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of invite

invite

Etymology 1

From Middle French inviter, from Latin invītō. Displaced native Old English laþian.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: ĭnvīt', IPA(key): /ɪnˈvaɪt/
  • Rhymes: -aɪt

Verb

invite (third-person singular simple present invites, present participle inviting, simple past and past participle invited)

  1. (transitive) To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something.
    Synonym: ask out
  2. (transitive) To request formally.
    Synonyms: ask, beseech, entreat, request
  3. (transitive) To encourage.
    Synonyms: ask for, encourage, provoke
  4. (transitive) To allure; to draw to; to tempt to come; to induce by pleasure or hope; to attract.
Synonyms
  • lathe
Derived terms
  • e-invite
Related terms
  • invitee
  • inviter
Translations

Etymology 2

From the verb invite.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: ĭn'vīt, IPA(key): /ˈɪnvaɪt/

Noun

invite (plural invites)

  1. (informal) An invitation.
Translations

Asturian

Verb

invite

  1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of invitar

French

Pronunciation

Verb

invite

  1. inflection of inviter:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

Adjective

invīte

  1. vocative masculine singular of invītus

References

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

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [inˈvite]

Verb

invite

  1. third-person singular/plural present subjunctive of invita

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /imˈbite/ [ĩmˈbi.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ite
  • Syllabification: in‧vi‧te

Etymology 1

Deverbal from invitar.

Noun

invite m (plural invites)

  1. (Mexico) invite, invitation

Etymology 2

Verb

invite

  1. inflection of invitar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

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

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