5-Letter Words Starting With UN

81 words

The UN- prefix is one of English's most productive tools for negation and reversal. These five-letter words range from everyday reversals like UNTIE to specialized terms that catch even experienced word game players off guard.

Pattern Guide

Word recommendations for board games.

Word Games

High-value words for board games

Top 5-Letter Words

UNZIP

open the zipper of

16 pts
UNFIX
15 pts
UNBOX

remove from a box

14 pts
UNJAM
14 pts
UNMIX
14 pts
UNSEX

make infertile

12 pts
UNIFY

become one

11 pts
UNCOY
10 pts

UNJAM dominates Words With Friends at 19 points thanks to the J being worth 10 points there versus 8 in Scrabble, where it scores only 14. UNZIP ties for the WWF lead at 19 points. For consistent value across both games, UNBOX and UNFIX perform well, though UNMIX edges slightly higher in WWF. The pattern holds: J and Z words gain relative value in Words With Friends.

Wordle

5-letter words for daily puzzles

Good Starters (E, A, R, S, T)

UNSETStarter

Common Words (likely answers)

UNTILCommon

As far as; to the place or degree that; especially, up to the time that; till.

UNDERCommon

further down

UNCLECommon

a source of help and advice and encouragement

UNIONCommon

healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones

UNSET offers a solid opening with three common consonants and one vowel, though the UN- start limits flexibility if those letters miss.

Hidden Gems

Rare but valid words to surprise opponents

UNPIN

remove the pins from; unfasten the pins of

UNFED

not fed

"a grudge that remained unfed"

UNLIT

not set afire or burning

"held an unlit cigarette"

UNSEX

make infertile

"She unsexed herself"

UNSEX means to make infertile or strip of sexual characteristics. Shakespeare coined it famously in Macbeth. Beyond its literary pedigree, the X makes it worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends—a rare combination of cultural cachet and scoring punch.

Popular crossword answers

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