What does UNIVERSAL mean?

Pronunciation
/ˌjunəˈvɜrsəl/
Letters
9
Scrabble score
12
Words With Friends score
16
How common
Common

Meaning

adjective

  1. of worldwide scope or applicability“an issue of cosmopolitan import”
  2. applicable to or common to all members of a group or set“the play opened to universal acclaim”
  3. adapted to various purposes, sizes, forms, operations“universal wrench”

noun

  1. (linguistics) a grammatical rule (or other linguistic feature) that is found in all languages
  2. (logic) a proposition that asserts something of all members of a class
  3. a behavioral convention or pattern characteristic of all members of a particular culture or of all human beings“some form of religion seems to be a human universal”
  4. coupling that connects two rotating shafts allowing freedom of movement in all directions“in motor vehicles a universal joint allows the driveshaft to move up and down as the vehicle passes over bumps”

Definitions from Princeton WordNet 3.0.

Other forms

universals13

Anagrams of UNIVERSAL

No other word in the ENABLE list uses exactly these letters.

Words inside UNIVERSAL

473 shorter words can be made from these letters. Here are the most useful.

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Questions

Is UNIVERSAL a valid word in word games?

UNIVERSAL is in the ENABLE word list, which many word games use, so it is very likely to be accepted. Check your game's own dictionary if a play is challenged.

How many points is UNIVERSAL worth?

UNIVERSAL is worth 12 points with Scrabble letter values and 16 with Words With Friends values, before any bonus squares.

What words can you make from UNIVERSAL?

473 other words, including IN, IS, AS and ARE.