UNCANONICAL is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. UNCANONICAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UNCANONICAL?
| 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 UNCANONICAL is to know. It scores 15 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UNCANONICAL
No single letter turns UNCANONICAL into another word.
How UNCANONICAL scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in UNCANONICAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 3 | 6 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so UNCANONICAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does UNCANONICAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
formal
Not following church law or not belonging to an accepted body of works.
In religious use, an uncanonical act breaks the rules of canon law, while an uncanonical book is one left out of the accepted scripture. The word also appears in literary talk about works outside the recognised canon.
How UNCANONICAL is used
Used in church law, biblical studies and literary criticism for what falls outside the canon.
- The bishop declared the marriage uncanonical.
- Scholars study uncanonical gospels alongside the accepted ones.
- The poet was long treated as uncanonical by critics.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UNCANONICAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with UNCANONICAL
2 longer words begin with UNCANONICAL.
Shorter words from the letters in UNCANONICAL
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Common questions about UNCANONICAL
- Is UNCANONICAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UNCANONICAL, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UNCANONICAL worth?
- UNCANONICAL is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UNCANONICAL mean?
- Not following church law or not belonging to an accepted body of works.
- What letters can be added to UNCANONICAL?
- No single letter can be added to UNCANONICAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of UNCANONICAL:
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