UPHROE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. UPHROE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UPHROE?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UPHROE is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UPHROE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How UPHROE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in UPHROE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 129,346.
What does UPHROE mean in Scrabble?
noun
nautical
A long wooden block pierced with holes, through which the small cords of an awning are threaded.
On sailing ships the uphroe held the crowfoot, a set of cords fanning out to support an awning so that it hung evenly overhead. The word is a variant of euphroe, which is the better-known spelling in marine dictionaries. Its spelling has wandered over the centuries, as often happens with words passed along by sailors rather than by schoolteachers.
How UPHROE is used
Nautical and technical; now a curiosity of old rigging vocabulary.
- The sailor threaded the cords through the uphroe.
- An uphroe hung from the ridge rope of the awning.
- The old manual draws an uphroe beside the crowfoot.
- He carved a new uphroe from a plank of oak.
- Each cord passes through its own hole in the uphroe.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UPHROE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with UPHROE
1 longer words begin with UPHROE.
Shorter words from the letters in UPHROE
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Common questions about UPHROE
- Is UPHROE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UPHROE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UPHROE worth?
- UPHROE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UPHROE mean?
- A long wooden block pierced with holes, through which the small cords of an awning are threaded.
- What letters can be added to UPHROE?
- UPHROE takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of UPHROE:
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