UNSHORN is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. UNSHORN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UNSHORN?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UNSHORN is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UNSHORN
No single letter turns UNSHORN into another word.
How UNSHORN scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in UNSHORN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 694,773.
What does UNSHORN mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Not having been cut or sheared.
The word often describes long hair, beards or sheep that have kept their full growth. Calling something unshorn suggests natural abundance, and poets like it for wild or untouched things.
How UNSHORN is used
Unshorn is typical of literary descriptions of hair, wool and grass.
- The unshorn sheep grazed on the high hills.
- He wore his unshorn locks tied back with a cord.
- An unshorn meadow swayed in the summer wind.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UNSHORN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in UNSHORN
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Common questions about UNSHORN
- Is UNSHORN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UNSHORN, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UNSHORN worth?
- UNSHORN is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UNSHORN mean?
- Not having been cut or sheared.
- What letters can be added to UNSHORN?
- No single letter can be added to UNSHORN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of UNSHORN:
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