UNSELECTIVE is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. UNSELECTIVE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UNSELECTIVE?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UNSELECTIVE is to know. It scores 16 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UNSELECTIVE
No single letter turns UNSELECTIVE into another word.
How UNSELECTIVE scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in UNSELECTIVE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so UNSELECTIVE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does UNSELECTIVE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Accepting or choosing things without careful discrimination.
An unselective reader will pick up any book, and an unselective herbicide kills every plant it touches. The word often carries mild criticism for lacking judgment.
How UNSELECTIVE is used
Used for choices, tastes and tools that fail to discriminate.
- The unselective shopper bought nearly everything on offer.
- Unselective trawling harms many other fish.
- The college is not unselective about its students.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UNSELECTIVE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with UNSELECTIVE
1 longer words begin with UNSELECTIVE.
Shorter words from the letters in UNSELECTIVE
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Common questions about UNSELECTIVE
- Is UNSELECTIVE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UNSELECTIVE, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UNSELECTIVE worth?
- UNSELECTIVE is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UNSELECTIVE mean?
- Accepting or choosing things without careful discrimination.
- What letters can be added to UNSELECTIVE?
- No single letter can be added to UNSELECTIVE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of UNSELECTIVE:
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