UTILITY is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. UTILITY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UTILITY?
| 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: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UTILITY is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UTILITY
Front hooks — 1
futilityBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How UTILITY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in UTILITY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 926,363.
What does UTILITY mean in Scrabble?
noun
The quality of being useful, or a service such as water, gas or electricity supplied to the public.
Economists use utility for the satisfaction or benefit a person gets from a choice. In everyday life the word usually means household services, so a utility bill is the monthly charge for power or water.
How UTILITY is used
Utility can mean usefulness in general, a public service, or a computer program for a small task.
- The utility of a good knife is hard to deny.
- The city raised the price of every utility this year.
- A small utility on his laptop cleans old files.
- Economists measure the utility of a choice by the benefit it brings.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UTILITY and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in UTILITY
Common questions about UTILITY
- Is UTILITY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UTILITY, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UTILITY worth?
- UTILITY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UTILITY mean?
- The quality of being useful, or a service such as water, gas or electricity supplied to the public.
- What letters can be added to UTILITY?
- UTILITY takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of UTILITY:
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