ut
Plural: uts
Noun
- The musical tone C in the old French solmization system.
- the local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England; it is the same everywhere
- a state in the western United States; settled in 1847 by Mormons led by Brigham Young
- the syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization
- Syllable (formerly) used in solfège to represent the first note of a major scale.
Examples
- Finding a two-letter word like UT can be crucial for connecting larger words on the board.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English ut (“first degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”), Italian ut in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the opening word Latin ut (“how”) in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn Ut queant laxis by Benedictine monk Paulus Deacon (8th c. CE).
Synonyms
Beehive State, do, doh, GMT, Greenwich Mean Time, Greenwich Time, Mormon State, universal time, UT1, Utah
Scrabble Score: 2
ut: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordut: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
ut: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary