UNTRANSLATED is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. UNTRANSLATED is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UNTRANSLATED?
| 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: 25 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UNTRANSLATED is to know. It scores 13 from 12 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UNTRANSLATED
No single letter turns UNTRANSLATED into another word.
How UNTRANSLATED scores
Face value of the 12 tiles in UNTRANSLATED, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so UNTRANSLATED has to be built on the board across turns.
What does UNTRANSLATED mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Not yet expressed in another language, or, in genetics, not converted into a protein.
Untranslated words are often left in the original, for example a foreign term kept in an English novel. In molecular biology untranslated regions of RNA are stretches that are copied but not turned into protein.
How UNTRANSLATED is used
Used in publishing and language work, and as a technical term in genetics.
- The poem was left untranslated in the anthology.
- Several untranslated phrases appear in the original text.
- The untranslated region of the RNA helps control gene activity.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UNTRANSLATED and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in UNTRANSLATED
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Common questions about UNTRANSLATED
- Is UNTRANSLATED valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UNTRANSLATED, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UNTRANSLATED worth?
- UNTRANSLATED is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UNTRANSLATED mean?
- Not yet expressed in another language, or, in genetics, not converted into a protein.
- What letters can be added to UNTRANSLATED?
- No single letter can be added to UNTRANSLATED to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 12 letters of UNTRANSLATED:
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