UNLIKENESS is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. UNLIKENESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UNLIKENESS?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UNLIKENESS is to know. It scores 14 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UNLIKENESS
No single letter turns UNLIKENESS into another word.
How UNLIKENESS scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in UNLIKENESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so UNLIKENESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does UNLIKENESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
formal
The state of being different, with no resemblance between things.
Unlikeness is the formal opposite of likeness and highlights how two things fail to match. It is rare in daily speech, and writers who want to stress contrast sometimes choose it for effect.
How UNLIKENESS is used
Used in formal writing for dissimilarity, often between two people or two objects.
- The unlikeness between the twins surprised everyone.
- She was struck by the unlikeness of the portrait to its subject.
- The unlikeness of the two styles was plain to the critic.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UNLIKENESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with UNLIKENESS
1 longer words begin with UNLIKENESS.
Shorter words from the letters in UNLIKENESS
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Common questions about UNLIKENESS
- Is UNLIKENESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UNLIKENESS, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UNLIKENESS worth?
- UNLIKENESS is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UNLIKENESS mean?
- The state of being different, with no resemblance between things.
- What letters can be added to UNLIKENESS?
- No single letter can be added to UNLIKENESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of UNLIKENESS:
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