UNHARNESS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. UNHARNESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UNHARNESS?
| 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 UNHARNESS is to know. It scores 12 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UNHARNESS
No single letter turns UNHARNESS into another word.
How UNHARNESS scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in UNHARNESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so UNHARNESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does UNHARNESS mean in Scrabble?
verb
To take the harness off a horse or other animal.
At the end of a day's work the farmer would unharness the team and lead them to water. The word has an old-fashioned flavour and recalls working horses and carts.
How UNHARNESS is used
Rural or historical, and sometimes figurative for setting something free.
- They stopped to unharness the horses at dusk.
- He took time to unharness the mule and rub it down.
- It is a kindness to unharness the oxen before the storm.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UNHARNESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with UNHARNESS
3 longer words begin with UNHARNESS.
Shorter words from the letters in UNHARNESS
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Common questions about UNHARNESS
- Is UNHARNESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UNHARNESS, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UNHARNESS worth?
- UNHARNESS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UNHARNESS mean?
- To take the harness off a horse or other animal.
- What letters can be added to UNHARNESS?
- No single letter can be added to UNHARNESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of UNHARNESS:
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