UNPERSON is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. UNPERSON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UNPERSON?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UNPERSON is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UNPERSON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
unpersonsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How UNPERSON scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in UNPERSON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so UNPERSON has to be built on the board across turns.
What does UNPERSON mean in Scrabble?
noun
A person whose existence is officially denied or erased, usually for political reasons.
The word was popularised by George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. A regime makes someone an unperson by removing their name from records and photographs. Today an unperson is anyone treated as though they no longer matter or exist.
How UNPERSON is used
Used of political erasure, often with Orwellian overtones.
- After the purge he became an unperson overnight.
- The state treated the dissident as an unperson.
- Her name vanished from the records, a true unperson.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UNPERSON and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with UNPERSON
3 longer words begin with UNPERSON.
Shorter words from the letters in UNPERSON
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Common questions about UNPERSON
- Is UNPERSON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UNPERSON, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UNPERSON worth?
- UNPERSON is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UNPERSON mean?
- A person whose existence is officially denied or erased, usually for political reasons.
- What letters can be added to UNPERSON?
- UNPERSON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of UNPERSON:
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