Scrabble & Words with friends points
- universal is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 12
- universal is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 12
- universal is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 16
Definition of universal
- (linguistics) a grammatical rule (or other linguistic feature) that is found in all languages (noun)
Synonyms
- linguistic universal
- (logic) a proposition that asserts something of all members of a class (noun)
Synonyms
- universal proposition
- coupling that connects two rotating shafts allowing freedom of movement in all directions (noun)
Examples
- in motor vehicles a universal joint allows the driveshaft to move up and down as the vehicle passes over bumps
Synonyms
- universal joint
- of worldwide scope or applicability (adjective)
Examples
- universal experience
Synonyms
- cosmopolitan
- ecumenical
- general
- oecumenical
- world-wide
- worldwide
- a behavioral convention or pattern characteristic of all members of a particular culture or of all human beings (noun)
Examples
- some form of religion seems to be a human universal
- adapted to various purposes, sizes, forms, operations (adjective)
Examples
- universal wrench
- universal chuck
- universal screwdriver
- applicable to or common to all members of a group or set (adjective)
Examples
- the play opened to universal acclaim
- rap enjoys universal appeal among teenage boys
See definition of universal in Merriam Webster