UNICUM is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. UNICUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UNICUM?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UNICUM is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UNICUM
No single letter turns UNICUM into another word.
How UNICUM scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in UNICUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 2 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 919,794.
What does UNICUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
formal
A thing of which only one example is known, a unique specimen.
Collectors and librarians reach for unicum when a book, coin or stamp is the only copy known to exist. The word is Latin for unique thing and is borrowed whole, with its plural being unica. Value is not part of the meaning, though a unicum is often precious simply because nothing else like it can be found.
How UNICUM is used
Used by collectors, librarians and scholars; rare in everyday speech.
- The manuscript is a unicum, with no second copy anywhere.
- Dealers called the stamp a unicum and fought to buy it.
- A unicum can be worth far more than a common issue.
- The library keeps its unicum in a locked case.
- No catalogue lists another example, so the coin is a unicum.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UNICUM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in UNICUM
Common questions about UNICUM
- Is UNICUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UNICUM, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UNICUM worth?
- UNICUM is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UNICUM mean?
- A thing of which only one example is known, a unique specimen.
- What letters can be added to UNICUM?
- No single letter can be added to UNICUM to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of UNICUM:
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