UNGENTEEL is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. UNGENTEEL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UNGENTEEL?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UNGENTEEL is to know. It scores 10 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UNGENTEEL
No single letter turns UNGENTEEL into another word.
How UNGENTEEL scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in UNGENTEEL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so UNGENTEEL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does UNGENTEEL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
archaic
Not refined or polite enough for respectable society.
Ungenteel belongs to a time of strict social rank, when speech and manners marked a person out. Novelists still use ungenteel to mock snobbery.
How UNGENTEEL is used
Dated, used in period or humorous writing.
- Her ungenteel laugh turned heads at the dinner.
- The aunt found the word ungenteel.
- He had an ungenteel habit of eating with his knife.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UNGENTEEL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with UNGENTEEL
1 longer words begin with UNGENTEEL.
Shorter words from the letters in UNGENTEEL
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Common questions about UNGENTEEL
- Is UNGENTEEL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UNGENTEEL, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UNGENTEEL worth?
- UNGENTEEL is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UNGENTEEL mean?
- Not refined or polite enough for respectable society.
- What letters can be added to UNGENTEEL?
- No single letter can be added to UNGENTEEL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of UNGENTEEL:
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