UPCYCLE is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. UPCYCLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UPCYCLE?
| 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: 56 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UPCYCLE is to know. It scores 16 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UPCYCLE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How UPCYCLE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in UPCYCLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 20,843 thousand.
What does UPCYCLE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To reuse discarded material to make something of better quality or higher value.
Where ordinary recycling breaks a thing down into raw material, to upcycle is to give an old object a new and nicer life. Crafters upcycle wooden pallets into garden furniture and old jeans into bags.
How UPCYCLE is used
Used in crafts, design and talk about sustainability.
- She likes to upcycle old doors into tables.
- The studio will upcycle used sails into handbags.
- It is cheap to upcycle a worn chair with new paint and cloth.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UPCYCLE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with UPCYCLE
2 longer words begin with UPCYCLE.
Shorter words from the letters in UPCYCLE
Common questions about UPCYCLE
- Is UPCYCLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UPCYCLE, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UPCYCLE worth?
- UPCYCLE is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UPCYCLE mean?
- To reuse discarded material to make something of better quality or higher value.
- What letters can be added to UPCYCLE?
- UPCYCLE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of UPCYCLE:
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