UPHOARD is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. UPHOARD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UPHOARD?
| 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: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UPHOARD is to know. It scores 13 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UPHOARD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
uphoardsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How UPHOARD scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in UPHOARD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 578,977.
What does UPHOARD mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaic
To gather and store away valuables or money, hiding them for later.
Shakespeare used uphoard for a miser piling up gold. The extra up- adds a sense of heaping things high, which a plain hoard does not stress.
How UPHOARD is used
Uphoard is an archaic word and is now mainly met in older texts.
- The miser would uphoard every coin he earned.
- Squirrels uphoard nuts before the winter.
- He chose to uphoard grain rather than sell it in the market.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UPHOARD and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with UPHOARD
3 longer words begin with UPHOARD.
Shorter words from the letters in UPHOARD
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Common questions about UPHOARD
- Is UPHOARD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UPHOARD, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UPHOARD worth?
- UPHOARD is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UPHOARD mean?
- To gather and store away valuables or money, hiding them for later.
- What letters can be added to UPHOARD?
- UPHOARD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of UPHOARD:
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