ULTRAMARINE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. ULTRAMARINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ULTRAMARINE?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ULTRAMARINE is to know. It scores 13 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ULTRAMARINE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ultramarinesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ULTRAMARINE scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in ULTRAMARINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ULTRAMARINE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ULTRAMARINE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A brilliant deep blue colour, or the pigment of that colour.
Ultramarine was once made by grinding the rare stone lapis lazuli, which made it costly enough to reserve for the robes of sacred figures in paintings. Today the pigment is produced industrially. The word is also used as an adjective for the same rich blue.
How ULTRAMARINE is used
Ultramarine is used for artists' pigments and for the deep blue colour itself.
- The painter squeezed ultramarine onto her palette.
- The sea was a deep ultramarine under the evening sky.
- Medieval artists valued ultramarine above gold.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ULTRAMARINE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ULTRAMARINE
1 longer words begin with ULTRAMARINE.
Shorter words from the letters in ULTRAMARINE
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Common questions about ULTRAMARINE
- Is ULTRAMARINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ULTRAMARINE, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ULTRAMARINE worth?
- ULTRAMARINE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ULTRAMARINE mean?
- A brilliant deep blue colour, or the pigment of that colour.
- What letters can be added to ULTRAMARINE?
- ULTRAMARINE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of ULTRAMARINE:
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