understate

1. To represent as less than is the case .

2. To state or present with restraint especially for effect.

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1. To give an understatement.

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1. To express with restraint or lack of emphasis, especially ironically or for rhetorical effect.

2. To state (a quantity, for example) that is too low: understate corporate financial worth.

3. To state with less completeness or truth than seems warranted by the facts.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
understate	11	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
ad	3
ae	2
an	2
ar	2
as	2
at	2
da	3
de	3
ed	3
en	2
er	2
es	2
et	2
na	2
ne	2
nu	2
re	2
ta	2
te	2
un	2
us	2
ut	2

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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tar	3
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ted	4
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tun	3
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uns	3
urd	4
urn	3
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uta	3
ute	3
uts	3
ats	3

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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unde	5
urds	5
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ursa	4
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user	4
utas	4
utes	4
nare	4
stan	4

5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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antes	5
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under	6
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urase	5
urate	5
ureas	5
ursae	5
usnea	5
utter	5
atted	6

6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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astute	6
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urates	6
urease	6
utters	6

7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
asunder	8
attends	8
attuned	8
attunes	7
austere	7
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darnest	8
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trustee	7
tundras	8
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undrest	8
unrated	8
unsated	8
unstate	7
untread	8
uttered	8

8 Letters	Scrabble® Points
attender	9
daunters	9
denature	9
dentures	9
entreats	8
nattered	9
ratteens	8
rattened	9
restated	9
retasted	9
sauterne	8
sederunt	9
statured	9
strunted	9
taunters	8
tautened	9
transude	9
truanted	9
trusteed	9
underate	9
undereat	9
undersea	9
underset	9
unerased	9
unrested	9
unseared	9
unseated	9
unstated	9
untasted	9
untested	9
untreads	9

9 Letters	Scrabble® Points
attenders	10
denatures	10
entrusted	10
sauntered	10
undereats	10
untreated	10

10 Letters	Scrabble® Points
understate	11