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What does unless mean? Is unless a Scrabble word?

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Is unless a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word unless is a Scrabble US word. The word unless is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Is unless a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word unless is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

U1N1L1E1S1S1

Is unless a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word unless is a Words With Friends word. The word unless is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

U2N2L2E1S1S1

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6-letter words (1 found)

UNLESS,

5-letter words (3 found)

LUNES,SLUES,SLUSE,

4-letter words (13 found)

LENS,LESS,LUES,LUNE,LUNS,NESS,SELS,SENS,SLUE,SUES,SUNS,ULES,USES,

3-letter words (15 found)

ELS,ENS,ESS,LES,LEU,LUN,NUS,SEL,SEN,SUE,SUN,SUS,ULE,UNS,USE,

2-letter words (7 found)

EL,EN,ES,NE,NU,UN,US,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 40 words from unless according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of unless

unless

Alternative forms

  • unlesse (obsolete)
  • unlessen

Etymology

onlesse, from on lesse, from "on a less condition".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ənˈlɛs/, /ʌnˈlɛs/
  • Rhymes: -ɛs

Conjunction

unless

  1. Except on a specified condition; if not.
    I’m leaving unless I get a pay rise.
    You can't go out unless it stops raining.
  2. If not; used with counterfactual conditionals.
    • 1159, John of Salisbury, Policraticus, edited by Cary J. Nederman, Cambridge University Press, 1990, page 3 (Google Books view):
      Who would know of Alexander or Caesar, or would respect the Stoics or the Peripatetics, unless they had been distinguished by the memorials of writers?
    • 1867, William Robinson Pirie, Natural Theology: An Inquiry Into the Fundamental Principles of Religious, Moral, and Political Science, page 75 (Google Books view):
      Unless He were omnipotent, we could not be sure of His ability to bless us.
  3. Except if; used with hypothetical conditionals.
    • 1809, The Naval Chronicle for 1809: Containing a General and Biographical History of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom with a Variety of Original Papers on Nautical Subjects. Vol. XXII. (from July to December), Cambridge University Press, 2010, page 482 (Google Books view):
      Q. If Lieutenant P. had given the word "Fire," would you have fired, and at what?—A. I should not have known, unless he had told me what to fire at.
    • 1981, Arthur C. Danto, The Transfiguration of the Commonplace: A Philosophy of Art, page 118 (Google Books view):
      Suppose Breugel had done the whole painting with no legs. Then, titled as it is, it would be mystifying, unless someone were to say: the boy has fallen in the waters and they have closed over him, calm is restored, life goes on (as in The Israelites Crossing the Red Sea).

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of "except on a condition"): if

Derived terms

  • precisely unless
  • unlesss
  • unless and until, until and unless

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Source: wiktionary.org