Is UNSTRESSED a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, UNSTRESSED is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 11 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does UNSTRESSED mean?
- adjective
not bearing a stress or accent
“short vowels are unstressed”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
11
Scrabble
13
Words With Friends
10
Letters
U (1) + N (1) + S (1) + T (1) + R (1) + E (1) + S (1) + S (1) + E (1) + D (2) = 11 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 UNSTRESSED
UNSTRESSED 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 UNSTRESSED
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- sederunts10
- undersets10
- undresses10
- dentures9
- desserts9
- destress9
- duresses9
- rudeness9
- russeted9
- sederunt9
- stressed9
- sundress9
- underset9
- unrested9
- estruses8
- eustress8
- sureness8
- trueness8
- unstress8
- densest8
- denture8
- deserts8
- dessert8
- detunes8
- dresses8
- dueness8
- dusters8
- endures8
- ensured8
- redness8
- resends8
- retuned8
- senders8
- sterned8
- sudsers8
- sunders8
- tenders8
- tenured8
- tressed8
- trussed8
- undress8
- undrest8
- ensures7
- nesters7
- neuters7
- renests7
- resents7
- retunes7
- russets7
- sunsets7
- tenures7
- tresses7
- trusses7
- tureens7
- tussers7
- unrests7
- denser7
- desert7
- deters7
- detune7
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