UPHOLSTER is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. UPHOLSTER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UPHOLSTER?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UPHOLSTER is to know. It scores 14 from 9 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UPHOLSTER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How UPHOLSTER scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in UPHOLSTER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so UPHOLSTER has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about UPHOLSTER
- All 9 letters of UPHOLSTER are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does UPHOLSTER mean in Scrabble?
verb
To fit furniture with padding, springs and a fabric or leather covering.
Craftspeople upholster sofas, chairs and car seats so that they are soft and presentable. Reupholstering an old armchair is a popular way of giving it a new life without buying a new one.
How UPHOLSTER is used
Upholster takes the furniture as its object and often mentions the material, as in upholster in velvet.
- They paid a craftsman to upholster the dining chairs in green velvet.
- I learned to upholster a stool at evening classes.
- It costs more to upholster the sofa than to replace it.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UPHOLSTER and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with UPHOLSTER
7 longer words begin with UPHOLSTER.
Shorter words from the letters in UPHOLSTER
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Common questions about UPHOLSTER
- Is UPHOLSTER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UPHOLSTER, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UPHOLSTER worth?
- UPHOLSTER is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UPHOLSTER mean?
- To fit furniture with padding, springs and a fabric or leather covering.
- What letters can be added to UPHOLSTER?
- UPHOLSTER takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of UPHOLSTER:
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