UNBALANCE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. UNBALANCE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UNBALANCE?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UNBALANCE is to know. It scores 13 from 9 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UNBALANCE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How UNBALANCE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in UNBALANCE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so UNBALANCE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does UNBALANCE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To throw something out of its steady position or proper proportion, or to disturb the mind of a person.
Physical objects can be made to tip when you unbalance them, and so can arrangements, budgets or teams. When applied to people it hints at mental disturbance, which is why the mood of the sentence matters.
How UNBALANCE is used
Used for loads, systems and arguments that lose their equilibrium, and in a more serious sense for the mind.
- Do not unbalance the boat by standing up suddenly.
- One heavy chapter would unbalance the whole book.
- The sudden loss threatened to unbalance him.
- Adding a fourth striker could unbalance the team.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UNBALANCE and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with UNBALANCE
2 longer words begin with UNBALANCE.
Shorter words from the letters in UNBALANCE
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Common questions about UNBALANCE
- Is UNBALANCE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UNBALANCE, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UNBALANCE worth?
- UNBALANCE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UNBALANCE mean?
- To throw something out of its steady position or proper proportion, or to disturb the mind of a person.
- What letters can be added to UNBALANCE?
- UNBALANCE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of UNBALANCE:
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