Definitions For Instinct

noun

  • Inborn pattern of behavior often responsive to specific stimuli
  • A way of behaving, thinking, or feeling that is not learned : a natural desire or tendency that makes you want to act in a particular way
  • Something you know without learning it or thinking about it
  • A natural ability

adjective

  • (followed by with') deeply filled or permeated

Is Instinct 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
10
Words with Friends
13

The word Instinct is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Instinct in a Sentence

  • Our first instinct was to run.
  • Cats possess a natural hunting instinct.
  • Seeing the baby aroused all her maternal instincts.

Synonyms for Instinct

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