UNCE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. UNCE is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 6 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept UNCE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UNCE is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UNCE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How UNCE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in UNCE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,808.
What does UNCE mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scots
A Scots form of ounce, a small unit of weight.
An unce is simply the older Scots spelling of ounce, used in the same way to measure small quantities of things such as gold, spice, or butter. It appears mainly in old ballads and historical documents.
How UNCE is used
Found in older Scots texts and ballads rather than current speech.
- The old recipe called for an unce of butter.
- In the Scots ballad, an unce of gold was promised as reward.
- He weighed the herbs by the unce, following the ancient method.
- Not a single unce of salt was wasted in the kitchen.
- The merchant priced the spice at so much per unce.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UNCE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with UNCE
23 longer words begin with UNCE.
Words ending in UNCE
Showing 24 of 44 words that end in UNCE. Useful as a back hook: play UNCE onto a word already on the board.
Words with UNCE inside
Showing 24 of 111 words that contain UNCE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with UNCE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in UNCE
Common questions about UNCE
- Is UNCE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and UNCE is not in it.
- How many points is UNCE worth?
- UNCE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UNCE mean?
- A Scots form of ounce, a small unit of weight.
- What letters can be added to UNCE?
- UNCE takes 5 hooks: 4 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of UNCE:
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