UTAS is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. UTAS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UTAS?
| 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 UTAS is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UTAS
Front hooks — 1
kutasBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How UTAS scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in UTAS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,538.
What stands out about UTAS
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does UTAS mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaichistorical
The eighth day after a church festival, counted as the close of its octave, or the festive week leading up to it.
In the medieval church calendar, major feast days were followed by a week of continued observance closing on the eighth day, and utas named that closing day or the festivities of the whole week. The word survives now only in historical and literary writing about the period.
How UTAS is used
Obsolete outside historical fiction and scholarship on medieval religious life.
- The knights agreed to meet again at the utas of Michaelmas.
- Records show a fair was held during the utas of the feast.
- The chronicle names the utas of Hilary as the date of the council.
- Church bells rang through the whole utas of the festival.
- By the utas the pilgrims had mostly returned home.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UTAS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of UTAS
The 4 tiles of UTAS in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with UTAS
1 longer words begin with UTAS.
Words ending in UTAS
10 words end in UTAS. Useful as a back hook: play UTAS onto a word already on the board.
Words with UTAS inside
10 words contain UTAS in the middle. Words that start with UTAS are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in UTAS
Common questions about UTAS
- Is UTAS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UTAS, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UTAS worth?
- UTAS is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UTAS mean?
- The eighth day after a church festival, counted as the close of its octave, or the festive week leading up to it.
- What letters can be added to UTAS?
- UTAS takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of UTAS:
Open UTAS in the Word Finder