UGLINESS is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. UGLINESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UGLINESS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UGLINESS is to know. It scores 9 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UGLINESS
No single letter turns UGLINESS into another word.
How UGLINESS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in UGLINESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so UGLINESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does UGLINESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
The quality of being unpleasant to look at, or of being morally repulsive.
Ugliness can describe a building or a face, but writers also use it for cruelty or unpleasant behaviour. It is the opposite of beauty in appearance and sometimes of decency in conduct.
How UGLINESS is used
Ugliness is used both for physical appearance and for unpleasant behaviour or events.
- The ugliness of the concrete tower shocked the visitors.
- There was an ugliness in the argument that nobody forgot.
- He saw the ugliness of war at first hand.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UGLINESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of UGLINESS
The 8 tiles of UGLINESS in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with UGLINESS
1 longer words begin with UGLINESS.
Shorter words from the letters in UGLINESS
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Common questions about UGLINESS
- Is UGLINESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UGLINESS, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UGLINESS worth?
- UGLINESS is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UGLINESS mean?
- The quality of being unpleasant to look at, or of being morally repulsive.
- What letters can be added to UGLINESS?
- No single letter can be added to UGLINESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of UGLINESS:
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