Definitions For Instigate

verb

  • Serve as the inciting cause of
  • Provoke or stir up
  • To cause (something) to happen or begin

Is Instigates 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
11
Words with Friends
13

The word Instigate is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Instigate in a Sentence

  • There has been an increase in the amount of violence instigated by gangs.
  • The government has instigated an investigation into the cause of the accident.

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