UTIS is valid in Collins, not in North America — 4 points
It depends on the list you play by. UTIS is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 4 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept UTIS?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UTIS is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UTIS
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How UTIS scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in UTIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,538.
What stands out about UTIS
- 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 UTIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaicliterary
A noisy uproar or merry commotion, especially the boisterous fun of a festival or celebration.
The word appears in Shakespeare's Henry IV, where a character promises there will be old utis, meaning great revelry. It has survived since chiefly as a quotation rather than as a word anyone would use in ordinary speech.
How UTIS is used
Archaic; met almost exclusively in quotation from Shakespeare or in deliberately old-fashioned writing.
- There will be old utis at the inn tonight, he laughed.
- The hall rang with utis long after midnight.
- Such utis had not been heard in the village for years.
- The players promised the crowd a night of utis and song.
- Old letters describe the wedding feast as an evening of utis.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UTIS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of UTIS
The 4 tiles of UTIS in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with UTIS
1 longer words begin with UTIS.
Words ending in UTIS
11 words end in UTIS. Useful as a back hook: play UTIS onto a word already on the board.
Words with UTIS inside
Showing 24 of 68 words that contain UTIS somewhere in the middle. Words that start with UTIS are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in UTIS
Common questions about UTIS
- Is UTIS valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and UTIS is not in it.
- How many points is UTIS worth?
- UTIS is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UTIS mean?
- A noisy uproar or merry commotion, especially the boisterous fun of a festival or celebration.
- What letters can be added to UTIS?
- UTIS takes 3 hooks: 3 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of UTIS:
Open UTIS in the Word Finder