UPHEAVE is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. UPHEAVE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UPHEAVE?
| 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: 63 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UPHEAVE is to know. It scores 15 from 7 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UPHEAVE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How UPHEAVE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in UPHEAVE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 842,149.
What does UPHEAVE mean in Scrabble?
verb
literary
To lift or heave something up forcefully from beneath, as the ground is raised by a movement of the earth.
Where heave can mean any hard pull or lift, upheave stresses a mass being pushed upward from below. Geologists and poets reach for it when land, rock or water is thrown up, and its better-known relative is the noun upheaval.
How UPHEAVE is used
Mostly seen in geology or elevated prose about land and water being pushed upward.
- The earthquake seemed to upheave the whole valley floor.
- Slow forces within the planet upheave mountain ranges over millions of years.
- The storm could upheave the sea into walls of grey water.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UPHEAVE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with UPHEAVE
4 longer words begin with UPHEAVE.
Shorter words from the letters in UPHEAVE
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Common questions about UPHEAVE
- Is UPHEAVE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UPHEAVE, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UPHEAVE worth?
- UPHEAVE is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UPHEAVE mean?
- To lift or heave something up forcefully from beneath, as the ground is raised by a movement of the earth.
- What letters can be added to UPHEAVE?
- UPHEAVE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of UPHEAVE:
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