UPDIVE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. UPDIVE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UPDIVE?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UPDIVE is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UPDIVE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How UPDIVE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in UPDIVE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 172,461.
What does UPDIVE mean in Scrabble?
verb
rarepoetic
To spring or leap upward, as a swimmer or a bird might do after plunging down.
Updive reverses the usual direction of dive: instead of going down it rises sharply, which gives writers a way to describe a sudden upward burst. It belongs mainly to poetry and to word games, and everyday English offers leap or surge instead. Its past form is updove, and both words are accepted in tournament word lists.
How UPDIVE is used
Rare and poetic; unlikely outside verse and word games.
- The dolphin seemed to updive from the dark water into the light.
- Watch the lark updive from the grass at the first light of dawn.
- In the poem the spirits updive out of the sea like silver sparks.
- A player once used updive to score on a crowded board.
- The diver tried to updive past the net and reach the surface.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UPDIVE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with UPDIVE
2 longer words begin with UPDIVE.
Shorter words from the letters in UPDIVE
Common questions about UPDIVE
- Is UPDIVE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UPDIVE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UPDIVE worth?
- UPDIVE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UPDIVE mean?
- To spring or leap upward, as a swimmer or a bird might do after plunging down.
- What letters can be added to UPDIVE?
- UPDIVE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of UPDIVE:
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