Definitions For Inquisition

noun

  • A severe interrogation (often violating the rights or privacy of individuals)
  • A former tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church (1232-1820) created to discover and suppress heresy
  • An organization in the Roman Catholic Church in the past that was responsible for finding and punishing people who did not accept its beliefs and practices
  • A harsh and unfair investigation or series of questions

Is Inquisition a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
20
Words with Friends
23

The word Inquisition is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Inquisition in a Sentence

  • His political enemies were conducting an inquisition into the details of his personal life.
  • There's no need to conduct an inquisition about so trivial a matter

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