UNWIELDY is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. UNWIELDY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UNWIELDY?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UNWIELDY is to know. It scores 15 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UNWIELDY
No single letter turns UNWIELDY into another word.
How UNWIELDY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in UNWIELDY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so UNWIELDY has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about UNWIELDY
- All 8 letters of UNWIELDY are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does UNWIELDY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Awkward to carry, move or manage because of size, shape or weight.
A wardrobe on a narrow staircase is unwieldy, and so is a committee of fifty people. The word stretches easily from physical objects to systems and plans that are simply too big to run neatly.
How UNWIELDY is used
Use unwieldy for both bulky objects and overgrown organisations or sentences.
- The unwieldy sofa would not fit through the door.
- The law became unwieldy after dozens of amendments.
- An unwieldy title made the book hard to remember.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UNWIELDY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in UNWIELDY
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Common questions about UNWIELDY
- Is UNWIELDY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UNWIELDY, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UNWIELDY worth?
- UNWIELDY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UNWIELDY mean?
- Awkward to carry, move or manage because of size, shape or weight.
- What letters can be added to UNWIELDY?
- No single letter can be added to UNWIELDY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of UNWIELDY:
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