UNWED is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. UNWED is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UNWED?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UNWED is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UNWED
No single letter turns UNWED into another word.
How UNWED scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in UNWED, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 32,677.
What does UNWED mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Not married; unmarried.
Unwed appears most often in the phrase unwed mother, describing a woman who has children outside of marriage, though the word applies to any unmarried person. Journalism and social commentary have long used it to discuss shifting attitudes toward marriage and family structure. The older form unwedded carries the same meaning but now sounds distinctly formal or literary compared with unwed. Both words are built from wed, the same root behind wedding and wedlock.
How UNWED is used
Unwed is common in everyday and journalistic English, especially in the phrase unwed mother.
- She raised her son as an unwed mother.
- Attitudes toward unwed couples have shifted considerably in recent decades.
- He remained unwed well into his fifties.
- The novel follows an unwed woman navigating a conservative small town.
- Statistics show a rising number of unwed parents across the country.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UNWED and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with UNWED
3 longer words begin with UNWED.
Shorter words from the letters in UNWED
Common questions about UNWED
- Is UNWED valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UNWED, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UNWED worth?
- UNWED is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UNWED mean?
- Not married; unmarried.
- What letters can be added to UNWED?
- No single letter can be added to UNWED to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of UNWED:
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