UNARY is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. UNARY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UNARY?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UNARY is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UNARY
Front hooks — 1
lunaryBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How UNARY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in UNARY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What does UNARY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Involving or consisting of a single element, operand, or component, rather than two or more.
A unary operation in mathematics or programming acts on just one value, unlike a binary operation such as addition, which needs two. The minus sign in the expression -5 is a unary operator because it changes a single number rather than combining two of them.
How UNARY is used
Chiefly used in mathematics, logic, and computer science to describe operations with a single input.
- The compiler treats the leading minus sign as a unary operator.
- A unary function returns a result from a single argument.
- In a unary counting system, the number four is written as four marks.
- The professor explained the difference between a unary and a binary operation.
- Negation is a classic example of a unary operation in logic.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UNARY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in UNARY
7 words end in UNARY. Useful as a back hook: play UNARY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in UNARY
Common questions about UNARY
- Is UNARY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UNARY, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UNARY worth?
- UNARY is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UNARY mean?
- Involving or consisting of a single element, operand, or component, rather than two or more.
- What letters can be added to UNARY?
- UNARY takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of UNARY:
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