UPPITY is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. UPPITY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UPPITY?
| 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 UPPITY is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UPPITY
No single letter turns UPPITY into another word.
How UPPITY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in UPPITY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| p | 2 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,759 thousand.
What does UPPITY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informalNorth American
Acting more important than one is, especially by refusing to keep to a place others expect.
Uppity is used for a person who is thought to be getting above themselves, often with a hint of annoyance from the speaker. Used lightly it is teasing, but it can sting, and it has a history of being aimed at people whom others wished to keep in a lower position. For that reason writers use it with care and usually in quotation or as a description of someone's attitude.
How UPPITY is used
Informal; best used with care because it can sound disrespectful.
- The waiter was polite, never uppity, even when the guests were rude.
- Her uppity reply made the whole table go quiet.
- He worried that praise would make the puppy uppity.
- The word uppity usually tells you more about the speaker than the target.
- You can't go acting uppity with the people who hired you.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UPPITY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with UPPITY
2 longer words begin with UPPITY.
Shorter words from the letters in UPPITY
Common questions about UPPITY
- Is UPPITY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UPPITY, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UPPITY worth?
- UPPITY is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UPPITY mean?
- Acting more important than one is, especially by refusing to keep to a place others expect.
- What letters can be added to UPPITY?
- No single letter can be added to UPPITY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of UPPITY:
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