UNSHAPEN is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. UNSHAPEN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UNSHAPEN?
| 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 UNSHAPEN is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UNSHAPEN
No single letter turns UNSHAPEN into another word.
How UNSHAPEN scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in UNSHAPEN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so UNSHAPEN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does UNSHAPEN mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Lacking a definite or pleasing form, or looking misshapen and awkward.
Writers reach for unshapen when they want an object or creature to seem crude, half-finished or faintly repulsive. It suggests a lump that never took a proper outline rather than something deliberately odd. The word is rare in everyday speech.
How UNSHAPEN is used
Mostly found in literary or descriptive prose about lumpy objects, figures and half-formed ideas, where unshapen paints a vague, ugly outline.
- The sculptor left an unshapen block of clay on the table.
- An unshapen mass loomed out of the fog.
- Her first draft was an unshapen heap of notes.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UNSHAPEN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in UNSHAPEN
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Common questions about UNSHAPEN
- Is UNSHAPEN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UNSHAPEN, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UNSHAPEN worth?
- UNSHAPEN is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UNSHAPEN mean?
- Lacking a definite or pleasing form, or looking misshapen and awkward.
- What letters can be added to UNSHAPEN?
- No single letter can be added to UNSHAPEN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of UNSHAPEN:
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