UNAMBITIOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. UNAMBITIOUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UNAMBITIOUS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UNAMBITIOUS is to know. It scores 15 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UNAMBITIOUS
No single letter turns UNAMBITIOUS into another word.
How UNAMBITIOUS scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in UNAMBITIOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 2 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so UNAMBITIOUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about UNAMBITIOUS
- UNAMBITIOUS runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does UNAMBITIOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Having little desire to succeed, achieve or rise in the world.
An unambitious person is content with what they have, while an unambitious plan aims low and risks nothing. The word can be a gentle description or a sharp criticism depending on the speaker.
How UNAMBITIOUS is used
Used for people or projects that set modest goals.
- He was an unambitious clerk who never asked for a promotion.
- Critics called the budget unambitious and timid.
- An unambitious design is easy to build but easy to forget.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UNAMBITIOUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with UNAMBITIOUS
1 longer words begin with UNAMBITIOUS.
Shorter words from the letters in UNAMBITIOUS
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Common questions about UNAMBITIOUS
- Is UNAMBITIOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UNAMBITIOUS, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UNAMBITIOUS worth?
- UNAMBITIOUS is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UNAMBITIOUS mean?
- Having little desire to succeed, achieve or rise in the world.
- What letters can be added to UNAMBITIOUS?
- No single letter can be added to UNAMBITIOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of UNAMBITIOUS:
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