UNCLOYING is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. UNCLOYING is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UNCLOYING?
| 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 UNCLOYING is to know. It scores 15 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UNCLOYING
No single letter turns UNCLOYING into another word.
How UNCLOYING scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in UNCLOYING, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so UNCLOYING has to be built on the board across turns.
What does UNCLOYING mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Pleasant without becoming sickly or tiresome, however much of it there is.
Reviewers reach for uncloying when something sweet, rich or sentimental somehow stays light. It is a quiet compliment, since sweetness and sentiment normally tire the taste quickly.
How UNCLOYING is used
Uncloying is mostly used about food, scents and sentiment in books or films.
- The dessert was sweet yet strangely uncloying.
- The film manages an uncloying kind of tenderness.
- Her perfume was light and uncloying, even in a warm room.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UNCLOYING and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in UNCLOYING
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Common questions about UNCLOYING
- Is UNCLOYING valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UNCLOYING, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UNCLOYING worth?
- UNCLOYING is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UNCLOYING mean?
- Pleasant without becoming sickly or tiresome, however much of it there is.
- What letters can be added to UNCLOYING?
- No single letter can be added to UNCLOYING to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of UNCLOYING:
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