UNILATERAL is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. UNILATERAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UNILATERAL?
| 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 UNILATERAL is to know. It scores 10 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UNILATERAL
No single letter turns UNILATERAL into another word.
How UNILATERAL scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in UNILATERAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so UNILATERAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does UNILATERAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Done by or affecting only one side, party or country, without the agreement of the others.
A unilateral decision skips consultation, as when one nation cuts tariffs without a treaty. In medicine the word means affecting just one side of the body.
How UNILATERAL is used
Unilateral is used in politics, law and medicine; its opposite is bilateral.
- The government took a unilateral decision to leave the pact.
- She suffered unilateral hearing loss.
- A unilateral ceasefire was announced at dawn.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UNILATERAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with UNILATERAL
7 longer words begin with UNILATERAL.
Shorter words from the letters in UNILATERAL
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Common questions about UNILATERAL
- Is UNILATERAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UNILATERAL, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UNILATERAL worth?
- UNILATERAL is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UNILATERAL mean?
- Done by or affecting only one side, party or country, without the agreement of the others.
- What letters can be added to UNILATERAL?
- No single letter can be added to UNILATERAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of UNILATERAL:
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