UNION is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. UNION is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UNION?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UNION is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UNION
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How UNION scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in UNION, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 17,428.
What does UNION mean in Scrabble?
noun
The act or result of joining separate things, people, or groups into one whole.
Union can describe something as personal as a marriage or as large as the joining of nations, since the word simply names the state of separate parts becoming one. Workers use the narrower sense every day when they speak of a labor union, an organization formed so employees can bargain together with an employer for better pay and conditions. Mathematicians borrow the same word for a specific operation, the union of two sets, which combines every element found in either set into a single new set. In flag design, the union also names the small emblem placed in the corner of some national flags to symbolize the joining of separate kingdoms or territories.
How UNION is used
Common across politics, labor, mathematics, and everyday talk of joining or marriage.
- The workers voted to form a union at the factory.
- Their union lasted fifty happy years.
- The union of the two rivers creates a wide delta.
- In mathematics, the union of two sets includes every element from both.
- The treaty proposed a closer union between the two nations.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UNION and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with UNION
23 longer words begin with UNION.
Words ending in UNION
14 words end in UNION. Useful as a back hook: play UNION onto a word already on the board.
Words with UNION inside
Showing 24 of 27 words that contain UNION somewhere in the middle. Words that start with UNION are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in UNION
Common questions about UNION
- Is UNION valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UNION, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UNION worth?
- UNION is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UNION mean?
- The act or result of joining separate things, people, or groups into one whole.
- What letters can be added to UNION?
- UNION takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of UNION:
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