UNI is a valid Scrabble word — 3 points
Yes. UNI is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 3 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UNI?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UNI is to know. It scores 3 from 3 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UNI
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How UNI scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in UNI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 749.
What does UNI mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A university, especially the one somebody attends.
Uni is British and Australian and clipped from university, while American English says college in the same slot and means something a little different by it. The clipping is old enough now to sound neutral rather than slangy.
How UNI is used
Countable. Chiefly British and Australian.
- She went to uni at thirty and finished at thirty-three.
- The word uni is clipped from university.
- Two unis in the same city competing for the same students.
- Americans say college where the British say uni.
- A uni term is shorter than a school one.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UNI and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with UNI
Showing 24 of 426 words that begin with UNI.
Words ending in UNI
4 words end in UNI. Useful as a back hook: play UNI onto a word already on the board.
Words with UNI inside
Showing 24 of 479 words that contain UNI somewhere in the middle. Words that start with UNI are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in UNI
Common questions about UNI
- Is UNI valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UNI, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UNI worth?
- UNI is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UNI mean?
- A university, especially the one somebody attends.
- What letters can be added to UNI?
- UNI takes 4 hooks: 2 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of UNI:
Open UNI in the Word Finder