UNWARILY is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. UNWARILY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UNWARILY?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UNWARILY is to know. It scores 14 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UNWARILY
No single letter turns UNWARILY into another word.
How UNWARILY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in UNWARILY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so UNWARILY has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about UNWARILY
- All 8 letters of UNWARILY are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does UNWARILY mean in Scrabble?
adverb
Without taking care, in a way that leaves one open to surprise or harm.
Unwarily describes someone who walks into trouble through lack of caution. It carries a hint of naive trust, as when a traveller unwarily follows a stranger.
How UNWARILY is used
Unwarily is a somewhat literary adverb used with verbs of trusting, stepping or speaking.
- He unwarily revealed his plans to a rival.
- The tourists unwarily wandered onto the thin ice.
- She unwarily signed the paper without reading it.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UNWARILY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in UNWARILY
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Common questions about UNWARILY
- Is UNWARILY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UNWARILY, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UNWARILY worth?
- UNWARILY is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UNWARILY mean?
- Without taking care, in a way that leaves one open to surprise or harm.
- What letters can be added to UNWARILY?
- No single letter can be added to UNWARILY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of UNWARILY:
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