UNSCALABLE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. UNSCALABLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UNSCALABLE?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UNSCALABLE is to know. It scores 14 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UNSCALABLE
No single letter turns UNSCALABLE into another word.
How UNSCALABLE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in UNSCALABLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so UNSCALABLE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does UNSCALABLE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Too steep or smooth to be climbed.
Mountaineers call a face unscalable when no route exists with ordinary gear. Walls of old fortresses were built to be unscalable. In business talk the word has a second sense for systems that cannot be enlarged.
How UNSCALABLE is used
Used of cliffs, walls, and peaks, and loosely of systems that cannot grow.
- The castle stood behind an unscalable wall of grey stone.
- The north face was judged unscalable in winter.
- Climbers turned back at the unscalable overhang.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UNSCALABLE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in UNSCALABLE
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Common questions about UNSCALABLE
- Is UNSCALABLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UNSCALABLE, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UNSCALABLE worth?
- UNSCALABLE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UNSCALABLE mean?
- Too steep or smooth to be climbed.
- What letters can be added to UNSCALABLE?
- No single letter can be added to UNSCALABLE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of UNSCALABLE:
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