UPSILON is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. UPSILON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UPSILON?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UPSILON is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UPSILON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
upsilonsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How UPSILON scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in UPSILON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 289,489.
What does UPSILON mean in Scrabble?
noun
The twentieth letter of the Greek alphabet.
Upsilon looks like a Latin Y in capital form and gave rise to our letters U, V and Y. In particle physics the upsilon is also a heavy meson made of a bottom quark and its antiquark.
How UPSILON is used
It is used in discussions of the Greek alphabet, mathematics and particle physics.
- The lower-case upsilon resembles a small v with a curved base.
- Students learn that upsilon comes after tau in the Greek alphabet.
- Physicists detected the upsilon in collider experiments.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UPSILON and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of UPSILON
The 7 tiles of UPSILON in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with UPSILON
1 longer words begin with UPSILON.
Shorter words from the letters in UPSILON
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Common questions about UPSILON
- Is UPSILON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UPSILON, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UPSILON worth?
- UPSILON is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UPSILON mean?
- The twentieth letter of the Greek alphabet.
- What letters can be added to UPSILON?
- UPSILON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of UPSILON:
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