unfair: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 9 letter points · starts with U · ends with R
Meaning of unfair
adj
Not fair. Not just.
Example: It was unfair for the boss to give larger bonuses to his friends.
- archaic
Not fair. Unseemly; disgraceful.
- archaic, rare
Not fair. Not beautiful; uncomely; unattractive.
- archaic, obsolete
Not fair. Sorrowful; sad.
Listed forms: unfairer, unfairest.
Source: Wiktionary — unfair.
verb
- obsolete, transitive
to make ugly
Listed forms: unfairs, unfairing, unfaired.
Source: Wiktionary — unfair.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
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adjective
not fair; marked by injustice or partiality or deception
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
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Letter-value score of unfair
U(1) + N(1) + F(4) + A(1) + I(1) + R(1) = 9 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 unfair
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from unfair
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