intervene
VERB
/,ɪntər'vin/
9 LETTERS · 3 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH I
intervene is a valid 9-letter word worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
I1N1T1E1R1V4E1N1E1
1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 1 =12 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 24TRIPLE WORD → 36
MEANING
What does intervene mean?
VERB · 3 SENSES
1
Get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force.
“Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II?”
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2
Be placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and events.
“This interludes intervenes between the two movements”
“Eight days intervened”
BROADER
3
Occur between other event or between certain points of time.
“the war intervened between the birth of her two children”
BROADER