ULTRAMICRO is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. ULTRAMICRO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ULTRAMICRO?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ULTRAMICRO is to know. It scores 14 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ULTRAMICRO
No single letter turns ULTRAMICRO into another word.
How ULTRAMICRO scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in ULTRAMICRO, 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 | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ULTRAMICRO has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ULTRAMICRO mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Dealing with, or on a scale smaller than, the ordinary micro level, especially in handling tiny quantities of material.
Ultramicro methods in chemistry work with amounts too small to weigh on a normal balance. The term mostly turns up in laboratory vocabulary and compound words such as ultramicroanalysis.
How ULTRAMICRO is used
Used in science, usually as a prefix-like adjective for extremely small quantities or scales.
- The lab developed ultramicro techniques for studying single cells.
- An ultramicro sample was all the detective could recover from the scene.
- Ultramicro analysis requires special balances and very clean tools.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ULTRAMICRO and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ULTRAMICRO
8 longer words begin with ULTRAMICRO.
Shorter words from the letters in ULTRAMICRO
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Common questions about ULTRAMICRO
- Is ULTRAMICRO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ULTRAMICRO, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ULTRAMICRO worth?
- ULTRAMICRO is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ULTRAMICRO mean?
- Dealing with, or on a scale smaller than, the ordinary micro level, especially in handling tiny quantities of material.
- What letters can be added to ULTRAMICRO?
- No single letter can be added to ULTRAMICRO to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of ULTRAMICRO:
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