Is UNENLIGHTENED a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, UNENLIGHTENED is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 18 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does UNENLIGHTENED mean?
- adjective
not enlightened; ignorant
“the devices by which unenlightened men preserved the unjust social order”
- adjective
lacking information or instruction
“lamentably unenlightened as to the laws”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
18
Scrabble
23
Words With Friends
13
Letters
U (1) + N (1) + E (1) + N (1) + L (1) + I (1) + G (2) + H (4) + T (1) + E (1) + N (1) + E (1) + D (2) = 18 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsListed
Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.
Hooks for UNENLIGHTENED
UNENLIGHTENED has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the end.
Words you can make from UNENLIGHTENED
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- enlightened16
- lengthened15
- lightened14
- unheeding14
- unlighted14
- enlighten13
- unhinged13
- undeleting12
- eighteen12
- lengthen12
- delight12
- heeding12
- hindgut12
- lighted12
- neighed12
- indulgent11
- heeling11
- henting11
- hunting11
- lighten11
- thinned11
- unhinge11
- hinged11
- nighed11
- tunneling10
- ungenteel10
- deleting10
- detuning10
- euglenid10
- needling10
- unending10
- untinged10
- theelin10
- heeled10
- heiled10
- hented10
- hilted10
- hinted10
- hunted10
- length10
- dight10
- hedge10
- glutenin9
- tunneled9
- undelete9
- ungentle9
- deleing9
- denning9
- denting9
- dueling9
- dueting9
- dunning9
- dunting9
- eluding9
- enduing9
- engined9
- gentled9
- gleeted9
- glinted9
- guilted9
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