UTILIDOR is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. UTILIDOR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UTILIDOR?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UTILIDOR is to know. It scores 9 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UTILIDOR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
utilidorsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How UTILIDOR scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in UTILIDOR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so UTILIDOR has to be built on the board across turns.
What does UTILIDOR mean in Scrabble?
noun
An insulated, above-ground enclosure carrying water, sewage and other utility lines in regions of permafrost.
Where frozen ground makes burying pipes impractical, northern towns build a utilidor to run them along the surface inside a box that keeps heat in. The system is typical of Arctic settlements in Canada and Alaska. Walkways in some towns even pass over these long boxes.
How UTILIDOR is used
A specialist term of northern engineering, seldom met elsewhere.
- A utilidor ran between the houses along the main street.
- Workers repaired a leak in the utilidor during the winter.
- The town relies on a heated utilidor because the ground never thaws.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UTILIDOR and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with UTILIDOR
1 longer words begin with UTILIDOR.
Shorter words from the letters in UTILIDOR
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Common questions about UTILIDOR
- Is UTILIDOR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UTILIDOR, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UTILIDOR worth?
- UTILIDOR is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UTILIDOR mean?
- An insulated, above-ground enclosure carrying water, sewage and other utility lines in regions of permafrost.
- What letters can be added to UTILIDOR?
- UTILIDOR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of UTILIDOR:
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