UPBEAR is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. UPBEAR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UPBEAR?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UPBEAR is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UPBEAR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
upbearsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How UPBEAR scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in UPBEAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,974.
What does UPBEAR mean in Scrabble?
verb
literaryarchaic
To hold something up and carry it aloft, or to sustain it from beneath.
Poets used upbear when water carries a boat, wings carry a bird, or hope carries a weary heart. The picture is of support coming from below, so that the thing supported is lifted rather than merely held. Its past tense is upbore and its past participle is upborne, and both are rare outside older verse.
How UPBEAR is used
Literary and archaic; rarely met in modern prose.
- The calm sea seemed to upbear the little boat.
- Strong arms upbear the canopy over the bride.
- Faith could upbear her through the long winter.
- The poet asks the wind to upbear his song.
- Wide wings upbear the eagle above the valley.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UPBEAR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with UPBEAR
4 longer words begin with UPBEAR.
Shorter words from the letters in UPBEAR
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Common questions about UPBEAR
- Is UPBEAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UPBEAR, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UPBEAR worth?
- UPBEAR is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UPBEAR mean?
- To hold something up and carry it aloft, or to sustain it from beneath.
- What letters can be added to UPBEAR?
- UPBEAR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of UPBEAR:
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