UNILINEAR is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. UNILINEAR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UNILINEAR?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UNILINEAR is to know. It scores 9 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UNILINEAR
No single letter turns UNILINEAR into another word.
How UNILINEAR scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in UNILINEAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so UNILINEAR has to be built on the board across turns.
What does UNILINEAR mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Developing along a single line of stages, each following the last in a fixed order.
The unilinear idea was popular in old theories of culture, which claimed every society climbs the same ladder. Modern writers usually use the term to criticise such neat, one-track stories of progress.
How UNILINEAR is used
Found mostly in anthropology and history when discussing theories of development.
- The scholar rejected the unilinear view of human progress as far too simple.
- A unilinear model assumes that every culture passes through the same steps.
- Few historians still defend a strictly unilinear account of the past.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UNILINEAR and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in UNILINEAR
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Common questions about UNILINEAR
- Is UNILINEAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UNILINEAR, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UNILINEAR worth?
- UNILINEAR is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UNILINEAR mean?
- Developing along a single line of stages, each following the last in a fixed order.
- What letters can be added to UNILINEAR?
- No single letter can be added to UNILINEAR to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of UNILINEAR:
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