Is UNINTELLIGIBLE a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, UNINTELLIGIBLE is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 17 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does UNINTELLIGIBLE mean?
- adjective
poorly articulated or enunciated, or drowned by noise
“unintelligible speech”
- adjective
hard or impossible to understand
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
17
Scrabble
25
Words With Friends
14
Letters
U (1) + N (1) + I (1) + N (1) + T (1) + E (1) + L (1) + L (1) + I (1) + G (2) + I (1) + B (3) + L (1) + E (1) = 17 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 UNINTELLIGIBLE
UNINTELLIGIBLE 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 UNINTELLIGIBLE
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- intelligible15
- bulletining14
- ineligible13
- beelining12
- billeting12
- bulleting12
- ignitible12
- illegible12
- libelling12
- unbelting12
- ebullient11
- beetling11
- bluegill11
- blunting11
- eligible11
- gullible11
- libeling11
- beltline10
- blueline10
- bulletin10
- buntline10
- tullibee10
- beguile10
- beguine10
- beignet10
- belling10
- belting10
- biguine10
- billing10
- blueing10
- bulling10
- bunting10
- butling10
- inbeing10
- legible10
- unbeing10
- glutelin9
- glutenin9
- leniting9
- linguine9
- linguini9
- ungentle9
- untieing9
- inbuilt9
- beigne9
- benign9
- biting9
- bluing9
- blunge9
- bungee9
- bungle9
- giblet9
- lubing9
- tubing9
- eluting8
- gentile8
- genuine8
- gillnet8
- ingenue8
- lignite8
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