UNVIABLE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. UNVIABLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UNVIABLE?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UNVIABLE is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UNVIABLE
No single letter turns UNVIABLE into another word.
How UNVIABLE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in UNVIABLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so UNVIABLE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about UNVIABLE
- All 8 letters of UNVIABLE are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does UNVIABLE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Not capable of working successfully, surviving or paying its way.
Plans, businesses and projects are called unviable when the sums or the circumstances simply do not allow them to continue. In biology the same word describes an embryo or seed that cannot develop. Compare the rarer inviable, which means much the same.
How UNVIABLE is used
Used about plans, companies and proposals that cannot succeed, usually for financial or practical reasons.
- The council ruled the scheme unviable.
- Rising costs made the mine unviable.
- The seeds proved unviable after years in storage.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UNVIABLE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in UNVIABLE
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Common questions about UNVIABLE
- Is UNVIABLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UNVIABLE, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UNVIABLE worth?
- UNVIABLE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UNVIABLE mean?
- Not capable of working successfully, surviving or paying its way.
- What letters can be added to UNVIABLE?
- No single letter can be added to UNVIABLE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of UNVIABLE:
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