UNRIFLED is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. UNRIFLED is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UNRIFLED?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UNRIFLED is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UNRIFLED
No single letter turns UNRIFLED into another word.
How UNRIFLED scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in UNRIFLED, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so UNRIFLED has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about UNRIFLED
- All 8 letters of UNRIFLED are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does UNRIFLED mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Of a gun barrel, having a smooth bore without spiral grooves.
Unrifled barrels were standard on old muskets and are still used on shotguns. The word can also mean not plundered, though that sense is rare and mostly literary.
How UNRIFLED is used
Technical term in firearms history; an unrifled musket is less accurate at long range than a rifled gun.
- The unrifled musket lost accuracy beyond fifty yards.
- Collectors compared rifled and unrifled barrels from the same period.
- An unrifled shotgun fires a spread of pellets.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UNRIFLED and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of UNRIFLED
The 8 tiles of UNRIFLED in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in UNRIFLED
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Common questions about UNRIFLED
- Is UNRIFLED valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UNRIFLED, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UNRIFLED worth?
- UNRIFLED is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UNRIFLED mean?
- Of a gun barrel, having a smooth bore without spiral grooves.
- What letters can be added to UNRIFLED?
- No single letter can be added to UNRIFLED to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of UNRIFLED:
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