UNWINNABLE is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. UNWINNABLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UNWINNABLE?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UNWINNABLE is to know. It scores 15 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UNWINNABLE
No single letter turns UNWINNABLE into another word.
How UNWINNABLE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in UNWINNABLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 3 | 6 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so UNWINNABLE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does UNWINNABLE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Impossible to succeed in or come out ahead of, whatever strategy is used.
Unwinnable is common in talk of wars, elections, lawsuits and video games where the odds are stacked against the player. It carries a sense of futility that a word like difficult does not.
How UNWINNABLE is used
Unwinnable is used of contests, battles and games in which victory is not realistically possible.
- The general warned that the war was unwinnable.
- Players complained that the final level felt unwinnable.
- Her lawyer called the case unwinnable and advised a settlement.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UNWINNABLE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in UNWINNABLE
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Common questions about UNWINNABLE
- Is UNWINNABLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UNWINNABLE, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UNWINNABLE worth?
- UNWINNABLE is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UNWINNABLE mean?
- Impossible to succeed in or come out ahead of, whatever strategy is used.
- What letters can be added to UNWINNABLE?
- No single letter can be added to UNWINNABLE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of UNWINNABLE:
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