Is UNDERWRITE a word?
UNDERWRITE is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words With Friends, has 10 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 60 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, UNDERWRITE is a valid word.
What does underwrite mean?
verb: guarantee financial support of.
“The opera tour was subvented by a bank”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
UNDERWRITE: word details
- Pronunciation: UHN-dur-reyet (approx., 3 syllables)
- Length: 10 letters, a long word. It is one of 35,784 10-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 14 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 16 points on the tiles.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Shorter words inside underwrite
Words you can make from the letters of underwrite.
Solve a whole rack, not just UNDERWRITE
UNDERWRITE is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does UNDERWRITE mean?
UNDERWRITE is a verb. It means: guarantee financial support of.
Is UNDERWRITE a valid word?
Yes, UNDERWRITE is a valid word. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.