UNIDIOMATIC is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. UNIDIOMATIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UNIDIOMATIC?
| 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 UNIDIOMATIC is to know. It scores 16 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UNIDIOMATIC
No single letter turns UNIDIOMATIC into another word.
How UNIDIOMATIC scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in UNIDIOMATIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 3 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so UNIDIOMATIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does UNIDIOMATIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Not using the natural phrasing a native speaker would choose.
A sentence can be grammatically correct and still sound unidiomatic, as when a learner translates a phrase word for word. Teachers and editors use the term to flag such stiff or foreign-sounding wording.
How UNIDIOMATIC is used
Used in language teaching and editing to describe awkward but understandable expressions.
- Her English was correct but slightly unidiomatic.
- The translation sounded unidiomatic to native readers.
- The editor marked the unidiomatic phrase in red.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UNIDIOMATIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with UNIDIOMATIC
1 longer words begin with UNIDIOMATIC.
Shorter words from the letters in UNIDIOMATIC
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Common questions about UNIDIOMATIC
- Is UNIDIOMATIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UNIDIOMATIC, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UNIDIOMATIC worth?
- UNIDIOMATIC is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UNIDIOMATIC mean?
- Not using the natural phrasing a native speaker would choose.
- What letters can be added to UNIDIOMATIC?
- No single letter can be added to UNIDIOMATIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of UNIDIOMATIC:
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