Is UNSUCCESSFULLY a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, UNSUCCESSFULLY is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 24 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does UNSUCCESSFULLY mean?
- adverb
without success
“she tried unsuccessfully to persuade him to buy a new car”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
24
Scrabble
31
Words With Friends
14
Letters
U (1) + N (1) + S (1) + U (1) + C (3) + C (3) + E (1) + S (1) + S (1) + F (4) + U (1) + L (1) + L (1) + Y (4) = 24 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 UNSUCCESSFULLY
UNSUCCESSFULLY 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 UNSUCCESSFULLY
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- successfully22
- unsuccessful19
- successful17
- fluency15
- synfuels14
- usefully14
- lucency14
- unsuccess13
- flyless13
- synfuel13
- unfussy13
- cycles13
- fyces13
- cuscuses12
- fucuses12
- cycle12
- fyce12
- fullness11
- success11
- succuss11
- felly11
- fleys11
- fully11
- fussy11
- nucellus10
- fulness10
- selsyns10
- slyness10
- cuscus10
- cusecs10
- celly10
- clefs10
- cully10
- fucus10
- syces10
- syncs10
- fley10
- nucleus9
- fusels9
- fusses9
- selsyn9
- useful9
- cusec9
- clef9
- syce9
- sync9
- fey9
- fly9
- census8
- cusses8
- sculls8
- sulcus8
- uncles8
- fells8
- flues8
- fuels8
- fulls8
- fusel8
- fuses8
- lyses8
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