UNISEXUAL is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. UNISEXUAL 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 UNISEXUAL?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UNISEXUAL is to know. It scores 16 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UNISEXUAL
No single letter turns UNISEXUAL into another word.
How UNISEXUAL scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in UNISEXUAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 2 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so UNISEXUAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does UNISEXUAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
botanyzoology
Of a flower or organism, having reproductive parts of one sex only.
Botanists describe a unisexual flower as carrying either stamens or pistils, never both. Plants such as willows and holly have separate male and female individuals, which is the same idea at the level of the whole plant.
How UNISEXUAL is used
A technical term in biology, contrasted with hermaphrodite or bisexual organisms.
- The cucumber bears unisexual flowers, male and female on the same vine.
- A unisexual species needs two individuals to reproduce.
- Holly is unisexual, so only some bushes carry berries.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UNISEXUAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with UNISEXUAL
3 longer words begin with UNISEXUAL.
Shorter words from the letters in UNISEXUAL
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Common questions about UNISEXUAL
- Is UNISEXUAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UNISEXUAL, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UNISEXUAL worth?
- UNISEXUAL is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UNISEXUAL mean?
- Of a flower or organism, having reproductive parts of one sex only.
- What letters can be added to UNISEXUAL?
- No single letter can be added to UNISEXUAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of UNISEXUAL:
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