UNDERSTUDY is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. UNDERSTUDY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UNDERSTUDY?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UNDERSTUDY is to know. It scores 15 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UNDERSTUDY
No single letter turns UNDERSTUDY into another word.
How UNDERSTUDY scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in UNDERSTUDY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 2 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 2 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so UNDERSTUDY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does UNDERSTUDY mean in Scrabble?
noun
An actor who learns a role in order to replace the regular performer if needed.
An understudy waits in the wings, ready to go on at short notice when the lead is ill. Outside the theatre, the word can mean anyone who is trained to step into another role.
How UNDERSTUDY is used
Understudy is a theatre term that is also used as a verb and in a figurative sense for a stand-in.
- The understudy took the lead after the star lost her voice.
- Every night the understudy knew every line by heart.
- He served as understudy to the head chef for a year.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UNDERSTUDY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with UNDERSTUDY
1 longer words begin with UNDERSTUDY.
Shorter words from the letters in UNDERSTUDY
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Common questions about UNDERSTUDY
- Is UNDERSTUDY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UNDERSTUDY, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UNDERSTUDY worth?
- UNDERSTUDY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UNDERSTUDY mean?
- An actor who learns a role in order to replace the regular performer if needed.
- What letters can be added to UNDERSTUDY?
- No single letter can be added to UNDERSTUDY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of UNDERSTUDY:
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