UNAVAILING is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. UNAVAILING is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UNAVAILING?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UNAVAILING is to know. It scores 14 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UNAVAILING
No single letter turns UNAVAILING into another word.
How UNAVAILING scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in UNAVAILING, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so UNAVAILING has to be built on the board across turns.
What does UNAVAILING mean in Scrabble?
adjective
formal
Achieving little or nothing despite effort, and so useless or futile.
An unavailing effort is one that brings no result, however hard someone tries. The word has a literary, slightly sad tone and often appears with words such as attempt, struggle, or protest.
How UNAVAILING is used
Used in formal or literary writing for efforts that end in failure.
- Their unavailing search lasted until nightfall.
- He made one last unavailing attempt to fix the engine.
- The protests proved unavailing against the decision.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UNAVAILING and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with UNAVAILING
3 longer words begin with UNAVAILING.
Shorter words from the letters in UNAVAILING
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Common questions about UNAVAILING
- Is UNAVAILING valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UNAVAILING, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UNAVAILING worth?
- UNAVAILING is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UNAVAILING mean?
- Achieving little or nothing despite effort, and so useless or futile.
- What letters can be added to UNAVAILING?
- No single letter can be added to UNAVAILING to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of UNAVAILING:
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