UNSKILLFUL is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. UNSKILLFUL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 23 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UNSKILLFUL?
| 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: 25 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UNSKILLFUL is to know. It scores 17 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UNSKILLFUL
No single letter turns UNSKILLFUL into another word.
How UNSKILLFUL scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in UNSKILLFUL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 2 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 3 | 4 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so UNSKILLFUL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does UNSKILLFUL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Lacking the practice or ability needed to do something well.
An unskillful surgeon or carpenter makes clumsy errors that a trained hand would avoid. It is the American spelling; British writers usually drop one letter l.
How UNSKILLFUL is used
Used of people and of work that is clumsy or badly done.
- An unskillful driver stalled the car twice.
- The unskillful repair soon fell apart.
- He was unskillful with words and often misspoke.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UNSKILLFUL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with UNSKILLFUL
3 longer words begin with UNSKILLFUL.
Shorter words from the letters in UNSKILLFUL
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Common questions about UNSKILLFUL
- Is UNSKILLFUL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UNSKILLFUL, where it scores 23 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UNSKILLFUL worth?
- UNSKILLFUL is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UNSKILLFUL mean?
- Lacking the practice or ability needed to do something well.
- What letters can be added to UNSKILLFUL?
- No single letter can be added to UNSKILLFUL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of UNSKILLFUL:
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