unable: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 8 letter points · starts with U · ends with E
Meaning of unable
adj
Not able; lacking a certain ability.
Example: Are you unable to mind your own business or something?
Listed forms: unabler, unablest.
Source: Wiktionary — unable.
intj
Indicating that a requested course of action is not possible to carry out.
Example: "November three seven kilo, climb and maintain twelve thousand." "Unable, we have pressurization problems. Maintaining nine thousand."
Source: Wiktionary — unable.
verb
- nonstandard, transitive
To render unable; to disable.
Listed forms: unables, unabling, unabled.
Source: Wiktionary — unable.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for unable.
adjective
lacking in power or forcefulness
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is unable in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of unable
U(1) + N(1) + A(1) + B(3) + L(1) + E(1) = 8 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of unable
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from unable
40 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in unable. Showing up to 24, longest first.