UNTHAW is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. UNTHAW is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UNTHAW?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UNTHAW is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UNTHAW
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
unthawsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How UNTHAW scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in UNTHAW, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 229,948.
What does UNTHAW mean in Scrabble?
verb
rare
To melt something that was frozen, or to become soft or liquid again after being frozen.
Most speakers say thaw for this idea, and unthaw is a less common cousin that treats the prefix as a mere intensifier. It tends to turn up in kitchen talk and in descriptions of ice or frozen ground giving way. Dictionaries list it as a valid word even though it can strike a careful reader as redundant, much like the pair flammable and inflammable.
How UNTHAW is used
Rare; thaw is the usual choice in current English.
- Leave the soup out for an hour to unthaw before heating it.
- The river began to unthaw in the first warm week of April.
- She set the frozen bread by the stove so it would unthaw by noon.
- Spring sunlight was enough to unthaw the hard ground.
- We waited for the pipes to unthaw before turning on the water.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UNTHAW and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with UNTHAW
3 longer words begin with UNTHAW.
Shorter words from the letters in UNTHAW
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Common questions about UNTHAW
- Is UNTHAW valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UNTHAW, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UNTHAW worth?
- UNTHAW is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UNTHAW mean?
- To melt something that was frozen, or to become soft or liquid again after being frozen.
- What letters can be added to UNTHAW?
- UNTHAW takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of UNTHAW:
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