NONUSE is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. NONUSE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NONUSE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NONUSE is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NONUSE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NONUSE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in NONUSE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 51,738.
What does NONUSE mean in Scrabble?
noun
legalformal
The fact of not using something, especially over a period long enough to have legal or practical consequences.
Lawyers reach for nonuse most often in trademark and property disputes, where a mark, a right or a piece of land can be lost if its owner leaves it unused for too long. Outside law, nonuse simply describes the plain fact that something, such as a muscle, a room or a piece of equipment, sits idle rather than being put to work. Long nonuse of a skill or a language can weaken it, just as nonuse of a machine can let it fall into disrepair. The word is formed straightforwardly from non- and use, and it always names an absence rather than a wrong use.
How NONUSE is used
Fairly formal; common in legal writing about trademarks and rights, and in general prose about idle equipment or skills.
- The company lost the trademark after five years of nonuse.
- Long nonuse had left the old machine stiff and rusted.
- The court ruled that nonuse of the easement did not cancel the right.
- Nonuse of a second language quickly weakens fluency.
- The lease could be ended for nonuse of the rented workshop.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NONUSE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NONUSE
3 longer words begin with NONUSE.
Shorter words from the letters in NONUSE
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Common questions about NONUSE
- Is NONUSE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NONUSE, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NONUSE worth?
- NONUSE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NONUSE mean?
- The fact of not using something, especially over a period long enough to have legal or practical consequences.
- What letters can be added to NONUSE?
- NONUSE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of NONUSE:
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