UNDEREXPOSE is a valid Scrabble word — 21 points
Yes. UNDEREXPOSE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 21 points in Scrabble and 24 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UNDEREXPOSE?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UNDEREXPOSE is to know. It scores 21 from 11 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UNDEREXPOSE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How UNDEREXPOSE scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in UNDEREXPOSE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so UNDEREXPOSE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does UNDEREXPOSE mean in Scrabble?
verb
technical
To give film or a digital sensor too little light, so that the picture comes out too dark.
Photographers sometimes underexpose on purpose to keep colours rich or to create a moody effect. Done by accident, it hides detail in the shadows. In a wider sense, to underexpose is also to give something less attention or contact than it needs.
How UNDEREXPOSE is used
Used in photography, and occasionally in a general sense for insufficient exposure.
- If you underexpose the sunset, the colours look deeper.
- The camera tends to underexpose bright snow scenes.
- He chose to underexpose the portrait to hide the background.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UNDEREXPOSE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with UNDEREXPOSE
2 longer words begin with UNDEREXPOSE.
Shorter words from the letters in UNDEREXPOSE
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Common questions about UNDEREXPOSE
- Is UNDEREXPOSE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UNDEREXPOSE, where it scores 24 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UNDEREXPOSE worth?
- UNDEREXPOSE is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 24 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UNDEREXPOSE mean?
- To give film or a digital sensor too little light, so that the picture comes out too dark.
- What letters can be added to UNDEREXPOSE?
- UNDEREXPOSE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of UNDEREXPOSE:
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