UNOBTAINABLE is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. UNOBTAINABLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UNOBTAINABLE?
| 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 UNOBTAINABLE is to know. It scores 16 from 12 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UNOBTAINABLE
No single letter turns UNOBTAINABLE into another word.
How UNOBTAINABLE scores
Face value of the 12 tiles in UNOBTAINABLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| b | 2 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so UNOBTAINABLE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about UNOBTAINABLE
- UNOBTAINABLE contains every vowel — A, E, I, O and U.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does UNOBTAINABLE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Impossible to get, buy or achieve.
Rare goods in wartime were often unobtainable, however much money one had. The word also describes goals or people who seem forever out of reach.
How UNOBTAINABLE is used
Unobtainable is used of goods, ideals and hard-to-find parts.
- Fresh fruit was unobtainable during the siege.
- The spare part proved unobtainable in Europe.
- She chased an unobtainable dream of perfect health.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UNOBTAINABLE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in UNOBTAINABLE
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Common questions about UNOBTAINABLE
- Is UNOBTAINABLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UNOBTAINABLE, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UNOBTAINABLE worth?
- UNOBTAINABLE is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UNOBTAINABLE mean?
- Impossible to get, buy or achieve.
- What letters can be added to UNOBTAINABLE?
- No single letter can be added to UNOBTAINABLE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 12 letters of UNOBTAINABLE:
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