UNLICKED is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. UNLICKED is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UNLICKED?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UNLICKED is to know. It scores 15 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UNLICKED
No single letter turns UNLICKED into another word.
How UNLICKED scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in UNLICKED, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so UNLICKED has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about UNLICKED
- All 8 letters of UNLICKED are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does UNLICKED mean in Scrabble?
adjective
archaic
Not yet shaped or polished; raw and awkward.
Unlicked comes from the old belief that a mother bear licked her shapeless cubs into form. People still speak of an unlicked cub for a rough, untrained youth.
How UNLICKED is used
Used in old or literary phrases such as unlicked cub for an unpolished person.
- The unlicked recruits needed months of training.
- He was an unlicked youth when he arrived in town.
- The draft was still unlicked and full of rough patches.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UNLICKED and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in UNLICKED
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Common questions about UNLICKED
- Is UNLICKED valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UNLICKED, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UNLICKED worth?
- UNLICKED is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UNLICKED mean?
- Not yet shaped or polished; raw and awkward.
- What letters can be added to UNLICKED?
- No single letter can be added to UNLICKED to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of UNLICKED:
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