UNHAIR is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. UNHAIR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UNHAIR?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UNHAIR is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UNHAIR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
unhairsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How UNHAIR scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in UNHAIR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 51,100.
What does UNHAIR mean in Scrabble?
verb
technical
To strip the hair from a hide or pelt, as a step in making leather or fur garments.
Tanners unhair hides after soaking them in lime or a similar bath, which loosens the hair so it can be scraped away. The word is also used for removing the coarse guard hairs from a fur pelt so only the soft underfur remains. Outside the leather trade unhair is rare and mostly turns up in old craft manuals.
How UNHAIR is used
A trade term from tanning and furriery; seldom used in general speech.
- The workers unhair the hides before tanning begins.
- A sharp blade is used to unhair the pelt by hand.
- After a night in the lime bath it is easy to unhair the skins.
- The furrier chose to unhair the beaver and keep the soft fur beneath.
- Old manuals show how to unhair a sheepskin without tearing it.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UNHAIR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with UNHAIR
5 longer words begin with UNHAIR.
Shorter words from the letters in UNHAIR
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Common questions about UNHAIR
- Is UNHAIR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UNHAIR, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UNHAIR worth?
- UNHAIR is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UNHAIR mean?
- To strip the hair from a hide or pelt, as a step in making leather or fur garments.
- What letters can be added to UNHAIR?
- UNHAIR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of UNHAIR:
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