Is UNLIKELY a word?
UNLIKELY is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words With Friends, has 8 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 60 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, UNLIKELY is a valid word.
What does unlikely mean?
adjective: not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred.
“legislation on the question is highly unlikely”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
UNLIKELY: word details
- Pronunciation: uhn-LEYEK-lee (approx., 3 syllables)
- Length: 8 letters, a long word. It is one of 40,530 8-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 15 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 18 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 unlikely
Words you can make from the letters of unlikely.
Solve a whole rack, not just UNLIKELY
UNLIKELY 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 UNLIKELY mean?
UNLIKELY is a adjective. It means: not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred.
Is UNLIKELY a valid word?
Yes, UNLIKELY is a valid word. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 18 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.