ULTRA is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. ULTRA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ULTRA?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ULTRA is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ULTRA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ultrasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ULTRA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ULTRA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What does ULTRA mean in Scrabble?
noun
A person holding extreme or uncompromising views, especially in politics.
Newspapers and historians apply ultra to people who push far past the moderate center of a movement, refusing compromise even when it might help their cause succeed. The term became common in the nineteenth century to describe hardline political factions, and it survives today in phrases like right-wing ultras or ultras used for die-hard sports supporters known for aggressive, uncompromising loyalty to their team. As an adjective, ultra also describes anything taken to an extreme, as in ultra modern or ultra cautious, where it intensifies the word that follows. Both uses share the same core sense of going beyond the usual limit, whether applied to a person's politics or to a simple description.
How ULTRA is used
Used in political writing for extremists and in sports writing for fanatical supporters, as well as informally as an intensifying adjective.
- The party's ultras rejected any compromise with the opposition.
- Football ultras filled the stadium with flares and chanting.
- He was labeled an ultra for refusing every proposed reform.
- The revolution's ultras pushed for far harsher measures than the leadership wanted.
- Historians describe the group as ultras who split from the main movement.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ULTRA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ULTRA
Showing 24 of 212 words that begin with ULTRA.
Words with ULTRA inside
2 words contain ULTRA in the middle. Words that start with ULTRA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ULTRA
Common questions about ULTRA
- Is ULTRA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ULTRA, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ULTRA worth?
- ULTRA is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ULTRA mean?
- A person holding extreme or uncompromising views, especially in politics.
- What letters can be added to ULTRA?
- ULTRA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ULTRA:
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