UMIAC is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. UMIAC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UMIAC?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UMIAC is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UMIAC
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How UMIAC scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in UMIAC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 58,092.
What does UMIAC mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A large open boat traditionally built by Inuit and Yupik peoples from animal skins stretched over a wooden frame; a variant spelling of umiak.
An umiac differs from the smaller, enclosed kayak, which one hunter paddles alone, by being open on top and large enough to carry an entire family along with goods and hunting gear. Traditionally, women often paddled the umiac, and larger versions were used in whale hunts and long seasonal journeys between camps. Dictionaries record several spellings for the same boat, including umiak, umiaq, and oomiak, all borrowed from Inuit and Yupik languages, with umiac appearing as one of the less common variants.
How UMIAC is used
Umiac is a rarely used variant spelling; the boat itself, and its more common spelling umiak, appear mainly in writing about Arctic peoples.
- The hunters loaded the umiac with seal meat for the journey home.
- Unlike the enclosed kayak, an umiac could carry an entire family.
- Women traditionally paddled the umiac across the open Arctic water.
- The museum displayed an umiac built from stretched walrus hide.
- Elders described how the umiac once carried whole villages between camps.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UMIAC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with UMIAC
3 longer words begin with UMIAC.
Shorter words from the letters in UMIAC
Common questions about UMIAC
- Is UMIAC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UMIAC, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UMIAC worth?
- UMIAC is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UMIAC mean?
- A large open boat traditionally built by Inuit and Yupik peoples from animal skins stretched over a wooden frame; a variant spelling of umiak.
- What letters can be added to UMIAC?
- UMIAC takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of UMIAC:
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