UNHOLY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. UNHOLY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UNHOLY?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UNHOLY is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UNHOLY
No single letter turns UNHOLY into another word.
How UNHOLY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in UNHOLY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 388,038.
What does UNHOLY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Wicked or sinful, not sacred, or used to stress that something is dreadfully bad.
In its older religious sense unholy means not consecrated or against what is sacred, and it describes sinful deeds and wicked alliances. In modern speech it often serves as an intensifier, as in an unholy mess or an unholy racket, where it only means shockingly bad. The word keeps a flavour of disapproval in either use.
How UNHOLY is used
Used in religious contexts and, more loosely, as an intensifier in informal speech.
- The priest condemned the unholy bargain.
- The kitchen was in an unholy mess after the party.
- An unholy racket came from the room upstairs.
- Legend says the ground was unholy and nothing grew there.
- They formed an unholy alliance to seize the company.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UNHOLY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in UNHOLY
Common questions about UNHOLY
- Is UNHOLY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UNHOLY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UNHOLY worth?
- UNHOLY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UNHOLY mean?
- Wicked or sinful, not sacred, or used to stress that something is dreadfully bad.
- What letters can be added to UNHOLY?
- No single letter can be added to UNHOLY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of UNHOLY:
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