UNMEANING is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. UNMEANING is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UNMEANING?
| 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 UNMEANING is to know. It scores 12 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UNMEANING
No single letter turns UNMEANING into another word.
How UNMEANING scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in UNMEANING, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 3 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so UNMEANING has to be built on the board across turns.
What does UNMEANING mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Empty of sense or purpose, and showing no thought or feeling.
Writers apply unmeaning to chatter, phrases or a blank stare that conveys nothing at all. It feels older and more literary than meaningless. The word can describe a face as well as a speech.
How UNMEANING is used
Unmeaning is found mostly in literary or old-fashioned prose.
- He filled the silence with unmeaning small talk.
- An unmeaning smile crossed the clerk face.
- The poem was dismissed as a string of unmeaning phrases.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UNMEANING and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with UNMEANING
3 longer words begin with UNMEANING.
Shorter words from the letters in UNMEANING
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Common questions about UNMEANING
- Is UNMEANING valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UNMEANING, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UNMEANING worth?
- UNMEANING is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UNMEANING mean?
- Empty of sense or purpose, and showing no thought or feeling.
- What letters can be added to UNMEANING?
- No single letter can be added to UNMEANING to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of UNMEANING:
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