UNWRITTEN
Scrabble letter values: U1N1W4R1I1T1T1E1N1 = 12
Definition
- adjective based on custom rather than documentation.
- adjective using speech rather than writing. — synonyms: oral
- adjective said or done without having been planned or written in advance. — synonyms: ad-lib, spontaneous
Examples
- “an unwritten law”
- “rites...so ancient that they well might have had their unwritten origins in Aurignacian times- J.L.T.C.Spence”
- “an oral tradition”