ULNAD is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. ULNAD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ULNAD?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 24 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ULNAD is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ULNAD
No single letter turns ULNAD into another word.
How ULNAD scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ULNAD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 21,785.
What does ULNAD mean in Scrabble?
adverb
technicalmedical
Toward the ulna, or on the side of the forearm where the ulna lies.
Anatomists build a small family of directional adverbs with the ending -ad, so ulnad pairs with radiad, cephalad and caudad, each naming movement toward a specific named structure. A landmark described as ulnad of another sits nearer the little-finger edge of the arm than the thumb edge, without needing a longer descriptive phrase. Physiology and anatomy texts favor such compact directional terms because they stay exact even without a diagram, and because clinicians need one precise word rather than a description that could be read two ways.
How ULNAD is used
A specialist anatomical term, used in technical description rather than everyday speech.
- The nerve runs ulnad of the artery for most of its length.
- Surgeons noted that the fracture displaced slightly ulnad.
- The muscle inserts ulnad to the point described earlier.
- An ulnad shift in the tendon changed the grip strength measured.
- The textbook diagram marks the ulnad direction with a small arrow.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ULNAD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ULNAD
The 5 tiles of ULNAD in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in ULNAD
Common questions about ULNAD
- Is ULNAD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ULNAD, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ULNAD worth?
- ULNAD is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ULNAD mean?
- Toward the ulna, or on the side of the forearm where the ulna lies.
- What letters can be added to ULNAD?
- No single letter can be added to ULNAD to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ULNAD:
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