UPSEY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. UPSEY is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 10 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept UPSEY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UPSEY is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UPSEY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
upseysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How UPSEY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in UPSEY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 98,031.
What does UPSEY mean in Scrabble?
noun
obsolete
An old term for a carousal or drinking bout, especially on rising or on a set occasion.
Upsey is one of a trio of spellings, with upsee and upsy, for a custom of hard drinking borrowed into English use in the seventeenth century. The phrase upsey Dutch named a particular way of draining a cup that struck English writers of the time as extreme.
How UPSEY is used
Obsolete; met only in older texts and glossaries of obsolete words, alongside upsee and upsy.
- The old play mentions an upsey that lasted from dusk until dawn.
- An upsey Dutch was a way of draining a cup that outsiders found startling.
- Glossaries of obsolete words list upsey beside its twin spellings upsee and upsy.
- No host today would call a party an upsey.
- The word upsey names a custom nobody now practises under that name.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UPSEY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with UPSEY
1 longer words begin with UPSEY.
Shorter words from the letters in UPSEY
Common questions about UPSEY
- Is UPSEY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and UPSEY is not in it.
- How many points is UPSEY worth?
- UPSEY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UPSEY mean?
- An old term for a carousal or drinking bout, especially on rising or on a set occasion.
- What letters can be added to UPSEY?
- UPSEY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of UPSEY:
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