UNBEAUTIFUL is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. UNBEAUTIFUL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UNBEAUTIFUL?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UNBEAUTIFUL is to know. It scores 16 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UNBEAUTIFUL
No single letter turns UNBEAUTIFUL into another word.
How UNBEAUTIFUL scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in UNBEAUTIFUL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 3 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so UNBEAUTIFUL has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about UNBEAUTIFUL
- UNBEAUTIFUL 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 UNBEAUTIFUL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Lacking beauty; plain or unlovely to look at.
Unbeautiful is a quieter, more thoughtful word than ugly and tends to appear in essays or poetry. It can describe places, sounds or even deeds as well as faces.
How UNBEAUTIFUL is used
Used in a reflective, literary way, seldom in casual speech.
- The town was unbeautiful but full of warmth.
- He wrote about the unbeautiful corners of the city.
- An unbeautiful sound came from the old organ.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UNBEAUTIFUL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with UNBEAUTIFUL
1 longer words begin with UNBEAUTIFUL.
Shorter words from the letters in UNBEAUTIFUL
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Common questions about UNBEAUTIFUL
- Is UNBEAUTIFUL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UNBEAUTIFUL, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UNBEAUTIFUL worth?
- UNBEAUTIFUL is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UNBEAUTIFUL mean?
- Lacking beauty; plain or unlovely to look at.
- What letters can be added to UNBEAUTIFUL?
- No single letter can be added to UNBEAUTIFUL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of UNBEAUTIFUL:
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