unstable
ADJECTIVE
/ən'steɪbəl/
8 LETTERS · 3 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH U
unstable is a valid 8-letter word worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
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U1N1S1T1A1B3L1E1
1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 =10 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 20TRIPLE WORD → 30
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What does unstable mean?
ADJECTIVE · 6 SENSES
1
Affording no ease or reassurance.
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Suffering from severe mental illness.
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3
Subject to change; variable.
“everything was unstable following the coup”
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Disposed to psychological variability.
“his rather unstable religious convictions”
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Highly or violently reactive.
“sensitive and highly unstable compounds”
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Lacking stability or fixity or firmness.
“unstable political conditions”
“the tower proved to be unstable in the high wind”
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