UNFAVORABLY is a valid Scrabble word — 22 points
Yes. UNFAVORABLY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 22 points in Scrabble and 26 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UNFAVORABLY?
| 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 UNFAVORABLY is to know. It scores 22 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UNFAVORABLY
No single letter turns UNFAVORABLY into another word.
How UNFAVORABLY scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in UNFAVORABLY, 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 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so UNFAVORABLY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does UNFAVORABLY mean in Scrabble?
adverb
North American
In a way that shows disapproval, or that works against someone or something.
Unfavorably covers two ideas: opinion, as when critics speak unfavorably of a film, and outcome, as when conditions weigh unfavorably on a plan. The British spelling is unfavourably.
How UNFAVORABLY is used
Unfavorably usually follows verbs such as compare, review or impress.
- The new model compared unfavorably with the older one.
- Reviewers spoke unfavorably about the ending.
- The weather affected the harvest unfavorably.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UNFAVORABLY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in UNFAVORABLY
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Common questions about UNFAVORABLY
- Is UNFAVORABLY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UNFAVORABLY, where it scores 26 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UNFAVORABLY worth?
- UNFAVORABLY is worth 22 points in Scrabble and 26 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UNFAVORABLY mean?
- In a way that shows disapproval, or that works against someone or something.
- What letters can be added to UNFAVORABLY?
- No single letter can be added to UNFAVORABLY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of UNFAVORABLY:
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