UFO is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. UFO is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 6 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept UFO?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UFO is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UFO
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How UFO scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in UFO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,527.
What does UFO mean in Scrabble?
noun
An object seen in the sky that the observer cannot identify.
The letters stand for unidentified flying object, and the term was coined by the United States Air Force in the 1950s precisely to avoid saying flying saucer, and UFO is what stuck. The wording is careful: it describes the state of the observer, not the nature of the thing. Popular use reversed that, and official reports now prefer another set of initials for the same reason.
How UFO is used
Countable: a UFO, several UFOs. Usually written in capitals; the lower case form appears in word lists.
- The pilot reported a UFO and filled in the form.
- Half the UFOs of that decade turned out to be weather balloons.
- A UFO is unidentified by definition, which is the part people forget.
- The file on the UFO ran to sixty pages and no conclusion.
- She photographed a UFO that later proved to be a lens flare.
- UFO reports rise whenever a new aircraft is being tested nearby.
- The term UFO was invented to stop people saying flying saucer.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UFO and 7 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of UFO
The 3 tiles of UFO in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with UFO
6 longer words begin with UFO.
Words ending in UFO
2 words end in UFO. Useful as a back hook: play UFO onto a word already on the board.
Words with UFO inside
13 words contain UFO in the middle. Words that start with UFO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in UFO
Common questions about UFO
- Is UFO valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and UFO is not in it.
- How many points is UFO worth?
- UFO is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UFO mean?
- An object seen in the sky that the observer cannot identify.
- What letters can be added to UFO?
- UFO takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of UFO:
Open UFO in the Word Finder