UNRAVEL is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. UNRAVEL 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 UNRAVEL?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UNRAVEL is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UNRAVEL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
unravelsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How UNRAVEL scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in UNRAVEL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 128,662.
What does UNRAVEL mean in Scrabble?
verb
To undo knitted or woven threads, or to work out and solve something tangled or puzzling.
A jumper can unravel when one loose strand is pulled, and a carefully built plan can unravel just as quickly once a detail fails. Detectives use the same verb for patiently untangling a mystery.
How UNRAVEL is used
Unravel works for thread and cloth, and equally for plots, plans and mysteries.
- A loose thread caused the whole scarf to unravel.
- The inspector hoped to unravel the mystery before midnight.
- Under questioning, his story began to unravel.
- It took years to unravel the secrets of the ancient script.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UNRAVEL and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of UNRAVEL
The 7 tiles of UNRAVEL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with UNRAVEL
10 longer words begin with UNRAVEL.
Shorter words from the letters in UNRAVEL
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Common questions about UNRAVEL
- Is UNRAVEL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UNRAVEL, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UNRAVEL worth?
- UNRAVEL is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UNRAVEL mean?
- To undo knitted or woven threads, or to work out and solve something tangled or puzzling.
- What letters can be added to UNRAVEL?
- UNRAVEL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of UNRAVEL:
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