Dictionary

Instress

i ₁n ₁s ₁t ₁r ₁e ₁s ₁s ₁

About 2 syllables

8 letters · Rare

Scrabble US & Canada : not valid
Scrabble UK & worldwide : valid
Words With Friends : not valid
Wordle : not valid

What does instress mean?

We don’t have a definition for instress yet. It appears in the game word lists marked below, so it is playable even without a dictionary meaning. That is common for rare, regional and technical words.

Is INSTRESS a valid word?

Game / word list	Valid?
Scrabble US & Canada (NWL / TWL)	No
Scrabble UK & worldwide (Collins / SOWPODS)	Yes
Words With Friends (ENABLE)	No
Wordle (guess list)	No

How many points is INSTRESS worth?

Scrabble

8 pts

i ₁n ₁s ₁t ₁r ₁e ₁s ₁s ₁

Words With Friends

9 pts

i ₁n ₂s ₁t ₁r ₁e ₁s ₁s ₁

Wordfeud

8 pts

i ₁n ₁s ₁t ₁r ₁e ₁s ₁s ₁

NYT Crossplay

8 pts

i ₁n ₁s ₁t ₁r ₁e ₁s ₁s ₁

Scores are the sum of the tile values, before premium squares or bingo bonuses.

Words from the letters in INSTRESS

Best shorter words top 30 of 181

See all 181 words made from INSTRESS

Words that end like INSTRESS

Common words that share the ending -ESS, handy for rhymes, poems and wordplay. Matches are based on spelling, so a few may not rhyme exactly.

business harmless progress address express pointless process success useless access excess unless careless compress darkness distress fairness goodness helpless hopeless kindness mindless nameless needless

All words ending in -ESS

Instress: quick answers

Is INSTRESS a valid Scrabble word?

Only in Collins. INSTRESS is valid in Scrabble outside North America (Collins/SOWPODS) but not in the North American NWL list.

How many points is INSTRESS worth?

INSTRESS scores 8 points in Scrabble, 9 in Words With Friends, 8 in Wordfeud and 8 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.

What words can you make with the letters in INSTRESS?

You can make 181 shorter words from INSTRESS, such as ESTRINS, INSERTS, RESISTS, SENSIST. See the full list.