UNCO is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. UNCO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UNCO?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UNCO is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UNCO
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How UNCO scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in UNCO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 10,212.
What does UNCO mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Scots
Strange, remarkable, or extraordinary; also used to mean very or greatly.
In Scots speech and writing, something described as unco stands out from the ordinary, either because it is odd and unfamiliar or simply because it is very great in degree. Robert Burns used the same word to mock the unco guid, meaning the excessively pious.
How UNCO is used
Chiefly Scots; met in dialect speech and in older Scottish literature.
- The villagers thought the stranger's manner was unco.
- Burns mocked the unco guid for their strict piety.
- It felt unco to hear silence in such a noisy street.
- The old woman had an unco way of reading the weather.
- They called it an unco business, hard to explain.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UNCO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with UNCO
Showing 24 of 308 words that begin with UNCO.
Words ending in UNCO
2 words end in UNCO. Useful as a back hook: play UNCO onto a word already on the board.
Words with UNCO inside
11 words contain UNCO in the middle. Words that start with UNCO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in UNCO
Common questions about UNCO
- Is UNCO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UNCO, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UNCO worth?
- UNCO is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UNCO mean?
- Strange, remarkable, or extraordinary; also used to mean very or greatly.
- What letters can be added to UNCO?
- UNCO takes 4 hooks: 2 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of UNCO:
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