unlikely: meaning and words from its letters
8 letters · 15 letter points · starts with U · ends with Y
Meaning of unlikely
adj
Not likely; improbable; not to be reasonably expected.
Example: It is pretty unlikely that you'll win, but I will pray that at least you do well.
Not holding out a prospect of success; likely to fail; unpromising.
Example: unlikely means
Listed forms: unlikelier, unlikeliest.
Source: Wiktionary — unlikely.
adv
In an improbable manner.
Source: Wiktionary — unlikely.
noun
Something or somebody considered unlikely.
Listed forms: unlikelies.
Source: Wiktionary — unlikely.
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 unlikely.
adjective
not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred
adjective
having a probability too low to inspire belief
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is unlikely in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of unlikely
U(1) + N(1) + L(1) + I(1) + K(5) + E(1) + L(1) + Y(4) = 15 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 unlikely
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 unlikely
57 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in unlikely. Showing up to 24, longest first.