UNIPARENTAL is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. UNIPARENTAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UNIPARENTAL?
| 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 UNIPARENTAL is to know. It scores 13 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UNIPARENTAL
No single letter turns UNIPARENTAL into another word.
How UNIPARENTAL scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in UNIPARENTAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so UNIPARENTAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does UNIPARENTAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Coming from or involving only one parent.
Uniparental is used in genetics for inheritance from a single parent, as with certain traits passed through the mother alone. It also appears in social studies of single-parent households. The word is a clean contrast to biparental, which involves both parents.
How UNIPARENTAL is used
Uniparental appears in genetics and in the study of family structure.
- Mitochondrial DNA shows uniparental inheritance.
- The study looked at uniparental care in fish.
- A uniparental trait passes down only one family line.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UNIPARENTAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with UNIPARENTAL
1 longer words begin with UNIPARENTAL.
Shorter words from the letters in UNIPARENTAL
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Common questions about UNIPARENTAL
- Is UNIPARENTAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UNIPARENTAL, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UNIPARENTAL worth?
- UNIPARENTAL is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UNIPARENTAL mean?
- Coming from or involving only one parent.
- What letters can be added to UNIPARENTAL?
- No single letter can be added to UNIPARENTAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of UNIPARENTAL:
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