Is UNSANCTIONED a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, UNSANCTIONED is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 15 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does UNSANCTIONED mean?
- adjective
without explicit official permission
“unsanctioned use of company cars”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
15
Scrabble
20
Words With Friends
12
Letters
U (1) + N (1) + S (1) + A (1) + N (1) + C (3) + T (1) + I (1) + O (1) + N (1) + E (1) + D (2) = 15 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 UNSANCTIONED
UNSANCTIONED 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 UNSANCTIONED
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- uncontained14
- educations13
- sanctioned13
- uncanniest12
- announced12
- auctioned12
- canonised12
- catenoids12
- cautioned12
- contained12
- continued12
- custodian12
- education12
- eductions12
- instanced12
- nondances12
- outdances12
- seduction12
- sonicated12
- suctioned12
- unnoticed12
- unscanned12
- announces11
- continues11
- countians11
- enactions11
- innocents11
- neustonic11
- noninsect11
- tenacious11
- actioned11
- cannoned11
- cantoned11
- catenoid11
- codeinas11
- conduits11
- contends11
- contused11
- danciest11
- diocesan11
- discount11
- distance11
- edacious11
- eduction11
- endocast11
- incanted11
- incudate11
- noctuids11
- nonacids11
- nondance11
- outdance11
- scandent11
- tacnodes11
- uncanned11
- uncoated11
- uncoined11
- antinodes10
- innuendos10
- inundates10
- nonsuited10
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