UPAS is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. UPAS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UPAS?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UPAS is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UPAS
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How UPAS scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in UPAS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 13,615.
What does UPAS mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A poisonous tree native to Java and nearby parts of Southeast Asia, whose milky sap has long been used to poison arrows.
The upas earned a fearsome reputation in old travellers' tales, which claimed that even the air around it could kill. In reality it is the sticky white sap of the upas, not its shade, that is dangerous. Hunters once dipped arrow tips in it.
How UPAS is used
Botanical name for a real tree, also used figuratively in literature for anything that poisons everything around it.
- Legend claimed no bird could fly over the upas without dying.
- Hunters once tipped their arrows with sap from the upas.
- The poem compares tyranny to the shade of the upas.
- Botanists studied the toxic compounds found in the upas.
- Villagers avoided camping near the upas tree at night.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UPAS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with UPAS
1 longer words begin with UPAS.
Words ending in UPAS
7 words end in UPAS. Useful as a back hook: play UPAS onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in UPAS
Common questions about UPAS
- Is UPAS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UPAS, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UPAS worth?
- UPAS is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UPAS mean?
- A poisonous tree native to Java and nearby parts of Southeast Asia, whose milky sap has long been used to poison arrows.
- What letters can be added to UPAS?
- UPAS takes 3 hooks: 3 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of UPAS:
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