UPGIRD is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. UPGIRD 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 UPGIRD?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UPGIRD is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UPGIRD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
upgirdsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How UPGIRD scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in UPGIRD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 229,948.
What does UPGIRD mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaicliterary
To support or hold up, or to bind round with a belt or girdle.
The older sense of gird is to bind with a belt, and upgird adds the sense of lifting or bracing something with it. Poets used it when strength, faith or courage held a person upright in trouble. The word is now archaic and appears only in verse and in imitations of older English.
How UPGIRD is used
Archaic and literary; found in verse only.
- Courage would upgird him through the siege.
- Strong beams upgird the roof of the hall.
- The old verse asks heaven to upgird the weak.
- She used a belt to upgird her long robe.
- Faith can upgird a person in sorrow.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UPGIRD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with UPGIRD
3 longer words begin with UPGIRD.
Shorter words from the letters in UPGIRD
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Common questions about UPGIRD
- Is UPGIRD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UPGIRD, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UPGIRD worth?
- UPGIRD is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UPGIRD mean?
- To support or hold up, or to bind round with a belt or girdle.
- What letters can be added to UPGIRD?
- UPGIRD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of UPGIRD:
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