UNDERLIT is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. UNDERLIT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UNDERLIT?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UNDERLIT is to know. It scores 9 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UNDERLIT
No single letter turns UNDERLIT into another word.
How UNDERLIT scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in UNDERLIT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so UNDERLIT has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about UNDERLIT
- All 8 letters of UNDERLIT are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does UNDERLIT mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Not lit well enough; dim, or lit from below.
Underlit describes a room or street where the lamps are too weak. Photographers and stage designers may also use underlit for a face lit from beneath, which looks eerie.
How UNDERLIT is used
Underlit is used for places that are too dim, and sometimes for lighting from below.
- The underlit corridor made everyone walk faster.
- Reading in such an underlit room hurt her eyes.
- The underlit face looked sinister on the stage.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UNDERLIT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in UNDERLIT
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Common questions about UNDERLIT
- Is UNDERLIT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UNDERLIT, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UNDERLIT worth?
- UNDERLIT is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UNDERLIT mean?
- Not lit well enough; dim, or lit from below.
- What letters can be added to UNDERLIT?
- No single letter can be added to UNDERLIT to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of UNDERLIT:
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