UNSPHERE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. UNSPHERE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UNSPHERE?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UNSPHERE is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UNSPHERE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How UNSPHERE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in UNSPHERE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so UNSPHERE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does UNSPHERE mean in Scrabble?
verb
literaryarchaic
To remove something from its sphere or accustomed place.
The verb comes from the old picture of planets fixed in crystal spheres, so to unsphere a star was to dislodge it from its orbit. Poets later used unsphere for taking a spirit or a person out of their proper station. You will almost never meet it outside older poetry.
How UNSPHERE is used
Appears in poetry and old-fashioned prose, where to unsphere something means to dislodge it from its natural place.
- The poet imagined a storm that could unsphere the moon.
- Nothing could unsphere him from his quiet corner of the library.
- They wished to unsphere the old king from his throne.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UNSPHERE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with UNSPHERE
2 longer words begin with UNSPHERE.
Shorter words from the letters in UNSPHERE
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Common questions about UNSPHERE
- Is UNSPHERE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UNSPHERE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UNSPHERE worth?
- UNSPHERE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UNSPHERE mean?
- To remove something from its sphere or accustomed place.
- What letters can be added to UNSPHERE?
- UNSPHERE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of UNSPHERE:
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