Is UNSKILLED a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, UNSKILLED is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 14 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does UNSKILLED mean?
- adjective
not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency
“unskilled in the art of rhetoric”
- adjective
lacking professional skill or expertise
“a very amateurish job”
- adjective
not doing a good job
“incompetent at chess”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
- Scrabble
- 14
- Words With Friends
- 18
- Letters
- 9
U (1) + N (1) + S (1) + K (5) + I (1) + L (1) + L (1) + E (1) + D (2) = 14 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 UNSKILLED
UNSKILLED 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 UNSKILLED
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- delinks12
- deskill12
- kindles12
- skilled12
- skulled12
- slinked12
- unliked12
- sunlike11
- delink11
- killed11
- kilned11
- kindle11
- linked11
- silked11
- sulked11
- inkles10
- knells10
- likens10
- silken10
- unlike10
- dikes10
- dinks10
- dukes10
- dunks10
- inked10
- kinds10
- liked10
- nuked10
- skied10
- inkle9
- kills9
- kilns9
- kines9
- knell9
- liken9
- likes9
- links9
- lunks9
- neuks9
- nukes9
- skein9
- skell9
- skill9
- skull9
- slink9
- slunk9
- desk9
- dike9
- dink9
- disk9
- duke9
- dunk9
- dusk9
- kids9
- kind9
- sked9
- skid9
- illudes8
- sullied8
- elks8
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