UNPENT is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. UNPENT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UNPENT?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UNPENT is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UNPENT
No single letter turns UNPENT into another word.
How UNPENT scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in UNPENT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 137,969.
What does UNPENT mean in Scrabble?
adjective
archaicliterary
Released from confinement; not shut in or held back, especially of feeling that bursts out.
Unpent is an uncommon literary adjective built from the old verb to pen, meaning to shut in. A writer might speak of unpent water breaking from a dam, or of unpent emotion flooding a character at last. It also exists as an old past form of the verb unpen.
How UNPENT is used
Rare and literary; most often applied to emotions or floods.
- Her unpent sorrow came out in a single long sob.
- The unpent river rushed over the empty fields.
- He kissed her in a storm of unpent feeling.
- The crowd, long held back, surged forward unpent.
- Years of unpent anger filled the letter.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UNPENT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of UNPENT
The 6 tiles of UNPENT in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in UNPENT
Common questions about UNPENT
- Is UNPENT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UNPENT, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UNPENT worth?
- UNPENT is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UNPENT mean?
- Released from confinement; not shut in or held back, especially of feeling that bursts out.
- What letters can be added to UNPENT?
- No single letter can be added to UNPENT to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of UNPENT:
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