UNSHIFT is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. UNSHIFT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UNSHIFT?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UNSHIFT is to know. It scores 13 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UNSHIFT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
unshiftsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How UNSHIFT scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in UNSHIFT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 771,970.
What does UNSHIFT mean in Scrabble?
verb
technical
To release the shift key of a typewriter or keyboard so that lower-case characters are produced again.
In programming the same word has a second sense: unshift adds an item to the front of a list, the opposite of removing from the front. Which meaning is intended is clear from whether the talk is about keys or about arrays.
How UNSHIFT is used
Unshift is rare outside typing history and programming, where it names a list operation.
- On the old machine you had to unshift before typing the next lower-case letter.
- The carriage would unshift with a clunk after each capital.
- In the script, we unshift a new value onto the front of the list.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UNSHIFT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with UNSHIFT
3 longer words begin with UNSHIFT.
Shorter words from the letters in UNSHIFT
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Common questions about UNSHIFT
- Is UNSHIFT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UNSHIFT, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UNSHIFT worth?
- UNSHIFT is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UNSHIFT mean?
- To release the shift key of a typewriter or keyboard so that lower-case characters are produced again.
- What letters can be added to UNSHIFT?
- UNSHIFT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of UNSHIFT:
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