ULU is a valid Scrabble word — 3 points
Yes. ULU is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 3 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ULU?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ULU is to know. It scores 3 from 3 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ULU
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ULU scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in ULU, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 2 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,738.
What stands out about ULU
- ULU is a palindrome: it reads the same in both directions, so it plays the same way whichever end you build from.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ULU mean in Scrabble?
noun
An Inuit knife with a curved blade.
The ulu is gripped above the blade rather than behind it, which puts the force straight down and lets one hand do work that would otherwise need two. By tradition it is a woman's knife and is handed down rather than bought.
How ULU is used
Countable: an ulu, two ulus.
- An ulu is held above the blade and not behind it.
- The word ulu came into English from Inuktitut.
- A good ulu is inherited and not purchased.
- Two ulus of different sizes for different work.
- The curve of an ulu does the cutting on its own.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ULU and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ULU
8 longer words begin with ULU.
Words ending in ULU
7 words end in ULU. Useful as a back hook: play ULU onto a word already on the board.
Words with ULU inside
Showing 24 of 143 words that contain ULU somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ULU are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Common questions about ULU
- Is ULU valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ULU, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ULU worth?
- ULU is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ULU mean?
- An Inuit knife with a curved blade.
- What letters can be added to ULU?
- ULU takes 5 hooks: 4 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of ULU:
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