ULTIMA is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. ULTIMA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ULTIMA?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ULTIMA is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ULTIMA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ultimasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ULTIMA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ULTIMA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 76,649.
What does ULTIMA mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The last syllable of a word.
Teachers of Latin and Greek use ultima as a position label, alongside penult for the second from the end and antepenult for the third. Rules about where a word takes its accent are phrased in terms of these three places. The term is itself Latin, the feminine form of the word for last.
How ULTIMA is used
Technical term from grammar and prosody, rarely used outside linguistics.
- In this Latin word the accent never falls on the ultima.
- Students marked the ultima of each line of verse.
- The ultima of the word is silent in French.
- A short ultima can change how a poem scans.
- The grammar book explains stress by counting back from the ultima.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ULTIMA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ULTIMA
13 longer words begin with ULTIMA.
Shorter words from the letters in ULTIMA
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Common questions about ULTIMA
- Is ULTIMA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ULTIMA, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ULTIMA worth?
- ULTIMA is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ULTIMA mean?
- The last syllable of a word.
- What letters can be added to ULTIMA?
- ULTIMA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ULTIMA:
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