UPSTARE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. UPSTARE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UPSTARE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UPSTARE is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UPSTARE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How UPSTARE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in UPSTARE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 128,662.
What stands out about UPSTARE
- The same 7 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does UPSTARE mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaic
To stare upward, or to stand up stiffly and prominently.
Upstare is mainly a literary curiosity, used in older English for a gaze turned toward the sky. It could also describe hair that bristles upright, making the word closer to a sight than to a mere look.
How UPSTARE is used
It is very rare and found chiefly in old poetry and in word lists.
- The child would upstare at the clouds for hours.
- Fear made his hair upstare from his scalp.
- Statues seemed to upstare from the cathedral roof.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UPSTARE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of UPSTARE
The 7 tiles of UPSTARE in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with UPSTARE
2 longer words begin with UPSTARE.
Shorter words from the letters in UPSTARE
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Common questions about UPSTARE
- Is UPSTARE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UPSTARE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UPSTARE worth?
- UPSTARE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UPSTARE mean?
- To stare upward, or to stand up stiffly and prominently.
- What letters can be added to UPSTARE?
- UPSTARE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of UPSTARE:
Open UPSTARE in the Word Finder