UNRIPE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. UNRIPE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UNRIPE?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UNRIPE is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UNRIPE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
unriperChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How UNRIPE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in UNRIPE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,325.
What stands out about UNRIPE
- The same 6 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does UNRIPE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Not yet grown to the full, soft, sweet stage at which fruit or grain is ready to eat or harvest.
An unripe banana is green and firm, and an unripe tomato tastes sharp and hard. Cooks sometimes seek such fruit on purpose, since green papaya and unripe plantain suit certain dishes. The word also stretches to ideas and people, so a plan that is not yet ready can be described as unripe.
How UNRIPE is used
Used literally for fruit and crops, and figuratively for plans or people not yet mature.
- The unripe plums made her mouth pucker.
- Green papaya is simply papaya picked while it is unripe.
- Farmers wait for the unripe wheat to turn gold.
- The idea was still unripe when he pitched it.
- Never eat the unripe berries from that bush.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UNRIPE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of UNRIPE
The 6 tiles of UNRIPE in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with UNRIPE
6 longer words begin with UNRIPE.
Shorter words from the letters in UNRIPE
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Common questions about UNRIPE
- Is UNRIPE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UNRIPE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UNRIPE worth?
- UNRIPE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UNRIPE mean?
- Not yet grown to the full, soft, sweet stage at which fruit or grain is ready to eat or harvest.
- What letters can be added to UNRIPE?
- UNRIPE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of UNRIPE:
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