Common 12-letter words that start with U
With their Scrabble points and, for the first 16, a short meaning, most used first.
- universities★15an institute of higher learning
- unemployment★21the state of being unemployed
- unauthorized★25not authorized
- unacceptable★20not acceptable
- unregistered★14not registered
- unbelievable★19not believable
- unclassified★18not classified
- unreasonable★14not reasonable
- unidentified★17not identified
- unsuccessful★19not successful
- unrestricted★15not restricted
- underwriting★17guarantee financial support of
- unauthorised★not in WWF16not authorised
- unparalleled★15not paralleled
- unexpectedly★27in an unexpected manner
- uncontrolled★15not controlled
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12-letter words starting with UB (2)
Top score: UBIQUITOUSLY, 26 points. in an ubiquitous manner
12-letter words starting with UG (2)
Top score: UGLIFICATION, 18 points. the act of uglifying
12-letter words starting with UL (27)
Top score: ULTRACOMPACT, 20 points
12-letter words starting with UM (2)
Top score: UMBRAGEOUSLY, 20 points. in an umbrageous manner
12-letter words starting with UN (875)
Top score: UNHYDROLYZED, 32 points. not hydrolyzed
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12-letter words starting with UP (14)
Top score: UPBRAIDINGLY, 21 points
12-letter words starting with UR (21)
Top score: URBANIZATION, 23 points. the act of urbanizing
12-letter words starting with US (6)
Top score: USUFRUCTUARY, 20 points. someone who holds property by usufruct
12-letter words starting with UT (9)
Top score: UTOPIANIZING, 24 points
12-letter words starting with UX (1)
Top score: UXORIOUSNESS, 19 points. the quality of being uxorious
About these words
- 959 of the 21,965 12-letter words start with U (4%).
- 540 are good in NWL2023, 921 in Collins Scrabble Words, 522 in WOW24 and 429 in the Words With Friends list. 21 are everyday words.
- In Scrabble points, unhydrolyzed scores the most (32), then unquenchably (31), then unemphasized and unmechanized (29 each), then six words on 28.