UNIQUE is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. UNIQUE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UNIQUE?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UNIQUE is to know. It scores 15 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UNIQUE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How UNIQUE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in UNIQUE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 2 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| q | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 306,598.
What does UNIQUE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Being the only one of its kind.
Something unique has no equal or twin. Careful writers avoid modifying it with very, since a thing cannot be more or less one of a kind. The word also loosely means unusual or special.
How UNIQUE is used
Used for one-of-a-kind things, and loosely for remarkable ones.
- Every snowflake is unique.
- The museum owns a unique copy of the map.
- She has a unique way of singing.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UNIQUE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with UNIQUE
6 longer words begin with UNIQUE.
Shorter words from the letters in UNIQUE
Common questions about UNIQUE
- Is UNIQUE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UNIQUE, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UNIQUE worth?
- UNIQUE is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UNIQUE mean?
- Being the only one of its kind.
- What letters can be added to UNIQUE?
- UNIQUE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of UNIQUE:
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