insta

Not valid in Scrabble

It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
5
Words With Friends
6
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈɪn.stɐ/
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/ˈɪn.stɐ/ · /ˈɪn.stə/(UK)

Definition of insta

2 senses · 2 parts of speech

name

  1. (Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal)Clipping of Instagram.
    “These are the slaves to technology: the Candy Crushers, the Facebook fanatics, the Insta-idlers, the Snapchat servants and Twitter twiddlers who spend every spare minute absorbed by their screens.”
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name

  1. (Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal)Clipping of Instagram.
    “These are the slaves to technology: the Candy Crushers, the Facebook fanatics, the Insta-idlers, the Snapchat servants and Twitter twiddlers who spend every spare minute absorbed by their screens.”

verb

  1. (Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal)Clipping of Instagram.
    “Patrick Dempsey, who played Dr. Derek Shepherd for 11 seasons, Insta-ed a close-up of his masked face, captioning it with one of his catchphrases. "It’s a Beautiful Day to Save Lives," he wrote. "#WearAMask."”

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