inscribe
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 15
- Letters
- 8
/ɪnˈskɹaɪb/
Definition of inscribe
4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(transitive)To write or cut (words) onto (something, especially a hard surface, or a book to be given to another person); to engrave.
“I inscribed the book with a message for Kate.”
“I inscribed my name into the book.”
“This coheres with the pattern of Scripture, which inscribes her story among that of others in the company of Jesus.”
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verb
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(transitive)To write or cut (words) onto (something, especially a hard surface, or a book to be given to another person); to engrave.
“I inscribed the book with a message for Kate.”
“I inscribed my name into the book.”
“This coheres with the pattern of Scripture, which inscribes her story among that of others in the company of Jesus.”
- (transitive)To dedicate to someone.
- (transitive)To enter on a document or list; to enroll.
- To draw a circle, sphere, etc. inside a polygon, polyhedron, etc. and tangent to all its sides.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin īnscrībō, from in- (“upon”) and scrībō (“to write”).
Words you can make from inscribe
109 playable · top: IBICES (10 pts)
Best play ibices 10 points7-letter words
3 words6-letter words
6 words5-letter words
26 words- BICES 9 pts
- CRIBS 9 pts
- BIERS 7 pts
- BINER 7 pts
- BINES 7 pts
- BIRSE 7 pts
- BRENS 7 pts
- BRIES 7 pts
- BRINE 7 pts
- BRINS 7 pts
- CINES 7 pts
- CIRES 7 pts
- CRIES 7 pts
- ICIER 7 pts
- NICER 7 pts
- RIBES 7 pts
- RICES 7 pts
- RICIN 7 pts
- SINCE 7 pts
- NISEI 5 pts
- REINS 5 pts
- RESIN 5 pts
- RINSE 5 pts
- RISEN 5 pts
- SERIN 5 pts
- SIREN 5 pts
4-letter words
35 words- BICE 8 pts
- CRIB 8 pts
- BENS 6 pts
- BIER 6 pts
- BINE 6 pts
- BINS 6 pts
- BISE 6 pts
- BREN 6 pts
- BRIE 6 pts
- BRIN 6 pts
- BRIS 6 pts
- CINE 6 pts
- CIRE 6 pts
- CRIS 6 pts
- IBIS 6 pts
- ICES 6 pts
- NEBS 6 pts
- NIBS 6 pts
- NICE 6 pts
- REBS 6 pts
- RECS 6 pts
- RIBS 6 pts
- RICE 6 pts
- SICE 6 pts
- SNIB 6 pts
- ERNS 4 pts
- IRES 4 pts
- IRIS 4 pts
- NISI 4 pts
- REIN 4 pts
- REIS 4 pts
- RINS 4 pts
- RISE 4 pts
- SINE 4 pts
- SIRE 4 pts
3-letter words
28 words2-letter words
10 wordsHooks
3 extensions · 3 back
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