UNLESS is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. UNLESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UNLESS?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UNLESS is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UNLESS
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How UNLESS scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in UNLESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 172,461.
What does UNLESS mean in Scrabble?
conjunction
Except on the condition that; if not.
Unless introduces the one circumstance that would prevent a statement from being true, so a sentence built with unless states a rule and then names its single exception. Unlike if, which simply sets a condition, unless assumes the main statement holds and interrupts it only when the named case occurs. Because of this, unless can often be rephrased as if not, though the two forms rarely sound equally natural in the same sentence.
How UNLESS is used
Unless is a conjunction that joins two clauses and is followed by a subject and verb, not by a noun phrase alone.
- We will leave at noon unless the weather turns bad.
- Unless you call first, the office may be closed.
- She refuses to sign unless every clause is explained.
- The plants will die unless someone waters them daily.
- Nothing will change unless the whole team agrees.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UNLESS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with UNLESS
1 longer words begin with UNLESS.
Shorter words from the letters in UNLESS
Common questions about UNLESS
- Is UNLESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UNLESS, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UNLESS worth?
- UNLESS is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UNLESS mean?
- Except on the condition that; if not.
- What letters can be added to UNLESS?
- UNLESS takes 3 hooks: 3 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of UNLESS:
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