UNBID is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. UNBID is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UNBID?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UNBID is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UNBID
No single letter turns UNBID into another word.
How UNBID scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in UNBID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What does UNBID mean in Scrabble?
adjective
archaicliterary
Not asked, invited, or ordered; occurring without having been requested or commanded.
An unbid guest arrives at a gathering without having been invited, and an unbid tear falls without anyone willing it to. Older writers used unbid where a modern speaker would simply say unbidden or uninvited.
How UNBID is used
Rare and archaic today, mostly found in older literature and poetry.
- An unbid guest slipped quietly into the wedding feast.
- Unbid tears rose to her eyes as she read the letter.
- He arrived unbid and was met with cold silence.
- The old ballad speaks of an unbid stranger at the gate.
- Thoughts came unbid to him in the middle of the night.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UNBID and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with UNBID
1 longer words begin with UNBID.
Shorter words from the letters in UNBID
Common questions about UNBID
- Is UNBID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UNBID, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UNBID worth?
- UNBID is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UNBID mean?
- Not asked, invited, or ordered; occurring without having been requested or commanded.
- What letters can be added to UNBID?
- No single letter can be added to UNBID to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of UNBID:
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