UPCOIL is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. UPCOIL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UPCOIL?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UPCOIL is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UPCOIL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
upcoilsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How UPCOIL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in UPCOIL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 258,692.
What does UPCOIL mean in Scrabble?
verb
rareliterary
To wind something into a coil, or to rise or gather in coils.
Upcoil suits snakes, ropes, smoke and springs, anything that gathers itself into rings as it rises or tightens. It appears mostly in descriptive writing, where it gives a slow, winding motion that plain coil does not quite carry. The verb is rare, so most readers will meet it only in poems or old tales.
How UPCOIL is used
Rare and literary; ordinary prose prefers coil up.
- The snake began to upcoil on the warm stone.
- Smoke seemed to upcoil from the ruined chimney.
- The sailor let the rope upcoil on the deck.
- Fear would upcoil in her chest at night.
- The watchmaker saw the spring upcoil as it loosened.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UPCOIL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of UPCOIL
The 6 tiles of UPCOIL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with UPCOIL
3 longer words begin with UPCOIL.
Shorter words from the letters in UPCOIL
Common questions about UPCOIL
- Is UPCOIL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UPCOIL, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UPCOIL worth?
- UPCOIL is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UPCOIL mean?
- To wind something into a coil, or to rise or gather in coils.
- What letters can be added to UPCOIL?
- UPCOIL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of UPCOIL:
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