UPRATE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. UPRATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UPRATE?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UPRATE is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UPRATE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How UPRATE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in UPRATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,325.
What does UPRATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
British
To raise the rating, value or capacity of something, such as a payment, a benefit or the output of an engine.
Uprate is the natural counterpart of downrate and is common in British financial and engineering language. A government may uprate a pension in line with prices, while a mechanic may uprate an engine so that it delivers more power than the factory figure. In both senses the thing being uprated already exists and is simply moved to a higher figure.
How UPRATE is used
Mostly British, and typical of budget reports, benefit announcements and car or aircraft engineering.
- The ministry promised to uprate the state pension every April.
- Engineers chose to uprate the turbine after the first season of tests.
- Employers must uprate the allowance whenever the legal minimum changes.
- The workshop can uprate a standard motor to run at a higher speed.
- Will the council uprate its payments in line with the cost of living?
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UPRATE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of UPRATE
The 6 tiles of UPRATE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with UPRATE
2 longer words begin with UPRATE.
Shorter words from the letters in UPRATE
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Common questions about UPRATE
- Is UPRATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UPRATE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UPRATE worth?
- UPRATE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UPRATE mean?
- To raise the rating, value or capacity of something, such as a payment, a benefit or the output of an engine.
- What letters can be added to UPRATE?
- UPRATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of UPRATE:
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