UNTARNISHED is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. UNTARNISHED is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UNTARNISHED?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UNTARNISHED is to know. It scores 15 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UNTARNISHED
No single letter turns UNTARNISHED into another word.
How UNTARNISHED scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in UNTARNISHED, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so UNTARNISHED has to be built on the board across turns.
What does UNTARNISHED mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Not dulled, stained or spoiled, especially of metal or a reputation.
Silver tarnishes when it dulls, so untarnished silver still gleams. By extension a name or record is untarnished when scandal has not touched it.
How UNTARNISHED is used
Used literally of metal and figuratively of reputations and records.
- The untarnished silver shone on the table.
- He left office with an untarnished reputation.
- Her record as a judge remained untarnished.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UNTARNISHED and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in UNTARNISHED
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Common questions about UNTARNISHED
- Is UNTARNISHED valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UNTARNISHED, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UNTARNISHED worth?
- UNTARNISHED is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UNTARNISHED mean?
- Not dulled, stained or spoiled, especially of metal or a reputation.
- What letters can be added to UNTARNISHED?
- No single letter can be added to UNTARNISHED to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of UNTARNISHED:
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