UNGENEROUS is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. UNGENEROUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UNGENEROUS?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UNGENEROUS is to know. It scores 11 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UNGENEROUS
No single letter turns UNGENEROUS into another word.
How UNGENEROUS scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in UNGENEROUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 2 | 4 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so UNGENEROUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does UNGENEROUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Unwilling to give or forgive freely; petty, mean or stingy.
Ungenerous can describe a tight-fisted host, but it also fits a harsh reading of someone's motives. A review may be called ungenerous when it is needlessly unkind.
How UNGENEROUS is used
Applied to people, remarks and judgements that lack kindness or openhandedness.
- It was ungenerous of him to deny her the credit.
- The critic's ungenerous review hurt the young author.
- They offered an ungenerous settlement.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UNGENEROUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with UNGENEROUS
1 longer words begin with UNGENEROUS.
Shorter words from the letters in UNGENEROUS
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Common questions about UNGENEROUS
- Is UNGENEROUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UNGENEROUS, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UNGENEROUS worth?
- UNGENEROUS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UNGENEROUS mean?
- Unwilling to give or forgive freely; petty, mean or stingy.
- What letters can be added to UNGENEROUS?
- No single letter can be added to UNGENEROUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of UNGENEROUS:
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