ultimate
Final; last in a series.
Adjective 4 meanings
Final; last in a series.
Last in a word or other utterance.
Being the greatest possible; maximum; most extreme.
“the ultimate pleasure”
Being the most distant or extreme; farthest.
Noun 3 meanings
The most basic or fundamental of a set of things
The final or most distant point; the conclusion
The greatest extremity; the maximum
Etymology
* From Medieval Latin ultimātus (“furthest, last”), perfect passive participle of ultimō (“to come to an end”) (see -ate (1,2 and 3)), from ultimus (“last, final”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). See ultra-. * (ultimate frisbee): The sport was renamed to avoid the use of the Frisbee trademark.
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ULTIMATE at a glance
ULTIMATE has 8 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (U 1 + L 1 + T 1 + I 1 + M 3 + A 1 + T 1 + E 1) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,807 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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