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Is unco a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word unco is a Scrabble US word. The word unco is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Is unco a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word unco is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

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4-letter words (1 found)

UNCO,

3-letter words (1 found)

CON,

2-letter words (5 found)

NO,NU,ON,OU,UN,

You can make 7 words from unco according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of unco

unco nuco ucno cuno ncuo cnuo unoc nuoc uonc ounc nouc onuc ucon cuon uocn oucn coun ocun ncou cnou nocu oncu conu ocnu

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Definitions and meaning of unco

unco

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ʌŋkəʊ

Etymology 1

From Scots unco, shortening of uncouth.

Adjective

unco (comparative more unco, superlative most unco)

  1. (Scotland) Strange, weird.

Adverb

unco (not comparable)

  1. (Scotland, northern UK) Very.

Etymology 2

From uncoordinated.

Adjective

unco (comparative more unco, superlative most unco)

  1. (slang, New Zealand, Australia) Uncoordinated.
Translations

Anagrams

  • Ucon, coun

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from German Unze, Polish uncja and Russian у́нция (úncija).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈunt͡so]
  • Rhymes: -unt͡so
  • Hyphenation: un‧co

Noun

unco (accusative singular uncon, plural uncoj, accusative plural uncojn)

  1. ounce

Latin

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈun.koː/, [ˈʊŋkoː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈun.ko/, [ˈuŋko]

Verb

uncō (present infinitive uncāre); first conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem

  1. (intransitive, of bears) to growl
    Synonym: seviō
Conjugation

No perfect is attested.

Etymology 2

Noun

uncō

  1. dative/ablative singular of uncus

References

  • “unco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • unco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • uncare in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Scots

Etymology

Shortening of uncouth.

Adjective

unco (comparative mair unco, superlative maist unco)

  1. unknown, strange
  2. unusual, odd
  3. great

Adverb

unco

  1. very

Noun

unco

  1. Any strange person or thing; an oddity.
  2. (in the plural) News.

Source: wiktionary.org