ULTRASHORT is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. ULTRASHORT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ULTRASHORT?
| 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: 25 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ULTRASHORT is to know. It scores 13 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ULTRASHORT
No single letter turns ULTRASHORT into another word.
How ULTRASHORT scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in ULTRASHORT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ULTRASHORT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ULTRASHORT mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Extremely brief in length or duration, such as radio waves under ten metres in wavelength.
Engineers use ultrashort for very high frequency radio waves and for laser pulses lasting a tiny fraction of a second. Outside technology it can simply mean far shorter than normal.
How ULTRASHORT is used
Typical in radio, optics and physics; occasionally for very short items in general.
- Ultrashort waves carry FM radio over short distances.
- The laser emits an ultrashort pulse lasting a few femtoseconds.
- She wore an ultrashort skirt to the party.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ULTRASHORT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ULTRASHORT
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Common questions about ULTRASHORT
- Is ULTRASHORT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ULTRASHORT, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ULTRASHORT worth?
- ULTRASHORT is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ULTRASHORT mean?
- Extremely brief in length or duration, such as radio waves under ten metres in wavelength.
- What letters can be added to ULTRASHORT?
- No single letter can be added to ULTRASHORT to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of ULTRASHORT:
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