ULTRAMONTANE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. ULTRAMONTANE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ULTRAMONTANE?
| 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 ULTRAMONTANE is to know. It scores 14 from 12 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ULTRAMONTANE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ultramontanesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ULTRAMONTANE scores
Face value of the 12 tiles in ULTRAMONTANE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ULTRAMONTANE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ULTRAMONTANE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
historical
Favouring strong papal authority, or lying on the far side of the Alps from the speaker.
Ultramontane first meant beyond the mountains, as seen from northern Europe looking toward Rome. It later named Catholics who backed the pope's supreme authority over local church leaders. An ultramontane party often clashed with national governments.
How ULTRAMONTANE is used
Ultramontane is mostly found in church history and political history.
- The ultramontane bishop supported the pope in every dispute.
- Ultramontane views spread widely in nineteenth-century France.
- The government feared the ultramontane faction.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ULTRAMONTANE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ULTRAMONTANE
1 longer words begin with ULTRAMONTANE.
Shorter words from the letters in ULTRAMONTANE
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Common questions about ULTRAMONTANE
- Is ULTRAMONTANE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ULTRAMONTANE, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ULTRAMONTANE worth?
- ULTRAMONTANE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ULTRAMONTANE mean?
- Favouring strong papal authority, or lying on the far side of the Alps from the speaker.
- What letters can be added to ULTRAMONTANE?
- ULTRAMONTANE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 12 letters of ULTRAMONTANE:
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