UN is a valid Scrabble word — 2 points
Yes. UN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 2 points in Scrabble and 4 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UN?
| 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: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UN is to know. It scores 2 from 2 tiles, takes 16 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How UN scores
Face value of the 2 tiles in UN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 2 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 206.
What stands out about UN
- UN is one of just 133 words of 2 letters in the four lists we check — a short list worth knowing by heart.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does UN mean in Scrabble?
pronoun
dialectBritish
One; a person or thing. A dialect form.
In speech un stands in for one after a word that describes it: the little un, that big un. Books that record dialect usually print it as 'un, with an apostrophe for the missing letters, but the word lists carry the bare form. The plural uns is heard just as often as the singular.
How UN is used
Comes after an adjective or after that, this or which, and never stands alone as the subject of a sentence.
- That un over there is the one I meant.
- The little uns were sent to bed early.
- He picked the ripest un off the tree and ate it on the spot.
- Which un do you want, the red or the blue?
- She was a quiet un, her neighbours said, and kept to herself.
- The young uns had never seen snow before.
- A stubborn un, that horse, but he pulls twice his weight.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UN and 7 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Where else you’ll see UN
- UN in capitals is the United Nations, founded in 1945 and now counting 193 member states.
- In French un is both the number one and the indefinite article, which is why it opens so many borrowed phrases.
Anagrams of UN
The 2 tiles of UN in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with UN
Showing 24 of more than 2000 words that begin with UN.
Words ending in UN
Showing 24 of 88 words that end in UN. Useful as a back hook: play UN onto a word already on the board.
Words with UN inside
Showing 24 of 5881 words that contain UN somewhere in the middle. Words that start with UN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Common questions about UN
- Is UN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UN, where it scores 4 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UN worth?
- UN is worth 2 points in Scrabble and 4 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UN mean?
- One; a person or thing. A dialect form.
- What letters can be added to UN?
- UN takes 16 hooks: 13 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 2 letters of UN:
Open UN in the Word Finder