INSTANCE Meaning, Scrabble Score and Anagrams

What INSTANCE Means

noun: an occurrence of something“it was a case of bad judgment”
noun: an item of information that is typical of a class or group“this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome”
verb: clarify by giving an example of

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

INSTANCE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as I1 N1 S1 T1 A1 N1 C3 E1.

Anagrams of INSTANCE (3)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

ANCIENTS CANNIEST INSECTAN

Words Made From The Letters In INSTANCE

285 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

7 letter words (15)

ACETINS ANCIENT CANIEST CANINES CINEAST ENCINAS INANEST INCANTS INCENTS NANCIES NANITES NASCENT STANINE STANNIC TANNIES

6 letter words (41)

5 letter words (58)

4 letter words (92)

3 letter words (60)

ACE ACT AIN AIS AIT ANE ANI ANN ANS ANT ATE ATS CAN CAT CIS CIT EAN EAS EAT ENS EST ETA ICE INN INS ITA ITS NAE NAN NAS NAT NET NIE NIS NIT SAC SAE SAI SAN SAT SEA SEC SEI SEN SET SIC SIN SIT TAE TAI TAN TAS TEA TEC TEN TES TIC TIE TIN TIS

2 letter words (19)

AE AI AN AS AT EA EN ES ET IN IS IT NA NE SI ST TA TE TI

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INSTANCE