What UNCIALS Means
UNCIALS is a form of UNCIAL, which means:
- noun: a style of orthography characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; found especially in Greek and Latin manuscripts of the 4th to 8th centuries
- adjective: relating to or written in majuscule letters (which resemble modern capitals)“uncial letters”
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
UNCIALS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as U1 N1 C3 I1 A1 L1 S1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 59 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In UNCIALS
101 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
6 letter words (7)
5 letter words (20)
ANILSAULICCAINSCAULSCLANSINCUSINULALAICSLINACLUNASNAILSSALICSCAILSLAINSNAILSULCIULANSULNASUNAISUNCIA
4 letter words (32)
AILSAINSALUSANILANISASCICAINCANSCAULCLANISNALACSLAICLAINLIASLINSLUNANAILNILSSAICSAILSAINSAULSCANSCULSIALSUNIULANULNAUNAIUNCIUNIS
3 letter words (29)
2 letter words (13)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.