UNFAVORABLE is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. UNFAVORABLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 24 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UNFAVORABLE?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UNFAVORABLE is to know. It scores 19 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UNFAVORABLE
No single letter turns UNFAVORABLE into another word.
How UNFAVORABLE scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in UNFAVORABLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so UNFAVORABLE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does UNFAVORABLE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
North American
Showing disapproval, or likely to lead to a bad result.
Unfavorable weather can ruin a picnic, and an unfavorable review can sink a book. The American spelling drops the u found in the British unfavourable.
How UNFAVORABLE is used
American spelling; applies to opinions, conditions and outcomes alike.
- The film received an unfavorable review.
- Unfavorable winds delayed the ship.
- The terms of the deal were unfavorable to us.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UNFAVORABLE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with UNFAVORABLE
1 longer words begin with UNFAVORABLE.
Shorter words from the letters in UNFAVORABLE
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Common questions about UNFAVORABLE
- Is UNFAVORABLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UNFAVORABLE, where it scores 24 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UNFAVORABLE worth?
- UNFAVORABLE is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 24 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UNFAVORABLE mean?
- Showing disapproval, or likely to lead to a bad result.
- What letters can be added to UNFAVORABLE?
- No single letter can be added to UNFAVORABLE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of UNFAVORABLE:
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