The University Scrabble Score Rankings

Introducing our groundbreaking higher education league table: The University Scrabble Score Rankings – where every letter counts!

Our methodology is faultless. Bantshire’s leading data experts have painstakingly placed every UK university on the Scrabble board and ranked them according to their letter value. No consideration has been given to teaching quality, research excellence, student satisfaction or anything else remotely relevant.

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The Scrabble Score Rankings

Ranking University Scrabble score
1 Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine 74
=2 London School of Economics and Political Science 66
=2 London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine 66
=2 Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance 66
5 The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama 64
6 Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance 61
7 Canterbury Christ Church University 60
8 Royal Holloway and Bedford New College 59
=9 London Academy Of Music And Dramatic Arts 57
=9 Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh 57
=9 University of London (Institutes and activities) 57
=9 University of the West of England, Bristol 57
=13 The University of the West of Scotland 56
=13 University of the Highlands and Islands 56
=15 Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine 55
=15 The Manchester Metropolitan University 55
=15 University of Northumbria at Newcastle 55
=18 Buckinghamshire New University 54
=18 University of Wales Trinity Saint David 54
20 The University of Wolverhampton 53
=21 Liverpool John Moores University 52
=21 The University of Greater Manchester 52
=23 Guildhall School of Music and Drama 51
=23 Queen Mary University of London 51
=23 The National Film and Television School 51
=23 The University of Buckingham 51
27 Plymouth Marjon University 49
=28 Cardiff Metropolitan University 48
=28 City St George's, University of London 48
=28 The University of Huddersfield 48
=31 Birmingham Newman University 47
=31 London and South East University Group 47
=31 The University of Birmingham 47
=31 The University of Chichester 47
=31 The University of Strathclyde 47
=36 Norwich University of the Arts 46
=36 Oxford Brookes University 46
=36 Sheffield Hallam University 46
=36 The University of Sheffield 46
=36 The University of Warwick 46
=36 University College Birmingham 46
=42 Birmingham City University 45
=42 The University of Greenwich 45
=42 The University of Northampton 45
=42 The University of Southampton 45
=42 The University of Winchester 45
=42 University for the Creative Arts 45
=48 The Arts University Bournemouth 44
=48 The University of Cambridge 44
=48 The University of Manchester 44
=48 The University of Oxford 44
=48 The University of Portsmouth 44
=48 University of Hertfordshire 44
=48 University of Staffordshire 44
=55 Queen's University Belfast 43
=55 The Institute of Cancer Research 43
=55 The Nottingham Trent University 43
=55 The University of Edinburgh 43
=55 The University of Westminster 43
=55 University of Bedfordshire 43
=55 York St John University 43
=62 The University of Bradford 42
=62 University of Gloucestershire 42
=64 Aberystwyth University 41
=64 Glasgow Caledonian University 41
=64 London South Bank University 41
=64 The University of Brighton 41
=64 The University of Liverpool 41
=64 The University of West London 41
=70 Edinburgh Napier University 40
=70 Southampton Solent University 40
=70 The Royal Veterinary College 40
=70 The University of Exeter 40
=70 The University of St. Andrews 40
=70 The University of Sussex 40
=76 Liverpool Hope University 39
=76 London Metropolitan University 39
=76 The University of Essex 39
=76 The University of Glasgow 39
=76 The University of Sunderland 39
=76 University of Plymouth 39
=82 Lincoln Bishop University 38
=82 Loughborough University 38
=82 The University of Aberdeen 38
=82 The University of East Anglia 38
=82 The University of East London 38
=82 The University of Lancaster 38
=82 The University of Leicester 38
=82 The University of Salford 38
=82 The University of York 38
=82 University of Suffolk 38
=82 University of the Arts, London 38
=82 Wrexham University 38
=94 Leeds Beckett University 37
=94 University of Nottingham 37
=94 University of South Wales 37
=97 Middlesex University 36
=97 The University of Bath 36
=97 The University of Bristol 36
=97 The University of Lincoln 36
=97 The University of Reading 36
=97 The University of Stirling 36
=97 The University of Surrey 36
=97 University of Lancashire 36
=105 Harper Adams University 35
=105 St Mary's University, London 35
=105 The University of Dundee 35
=105 The University of Kent 35
=105 University of Worcester 35
=110 Bournemouth University 34
=110 The University of Hull 34
=110 University of Cumbria 34
=113 Anglia Ruskin University 33
=113 Roehampton University 33
=113 The University of Leeds 33
=113 University College London 33
=113 University of Chester 33
=113 University of Durham 33
=119 Birkbeck College 32
=119 Cardiff University 32
=119 Coventry University 32
=119 De Montfort University 32
=119 Falmouth University 32
=119 Heriot-Watt University 32
=119 Leeds Trinity University 32
=119 Robert Gordon University 32
=119 Royal College of Music 32
=119 SOAS University of London 32
=119 University of Derby 32
=130 Brunel University London 31
=130 Cranfield University 31
=130 Glasgow School of Art 31
=130 Regent's University London 31
=134 Bath Spa University 30
=134 Newcastle University 30
=136 Courtauld Institute of Art 29
=136 Edge Hill University 29
=136 Kingston University 29
=139 Abertay University 28
=139 London Business School 28
=139 The Open University 28
=142 Goldsmiths College 27
=142 King's College London 27
=142 Scotland’s Rural College 27
=145 Leeds Arts University 26
=145 Royal College of Art 26
=145 Swansea University 26
=148 Bangor University 25
=148 Keele University 25
=148 Teesside University 25
151 Ulster University 22
152 Aston University 21