UPSTEP is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. UPSTEP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UPSTEP?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UPSTEP is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UPSTEP
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
upstepsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How UPSTEP scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in UPSTEP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| p | 2 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,035 thousand.
What does UPSTEP mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A rise in pitch within a spoken tone, so that one tone is realised higher than the one before it.
Linguists use upstep when describing tonal languages, where the pitch of a syllable carries meaning. In an upstep pattern a high tone is lifted a little above the high tone that came before it, which is the opposite of the gradual lowering known as downstep. The word can also be used as a verb meaning to step up, but that use is much less common.
How UPSTEP is used
Mainly a term of phonology and the study of tone languages.
- The grammar describes an upstep that follows certain prefixes.
- A clear upstep marks the second high tone in the phrase.
- Field recordings revealed an upstep the earlier notes had missed.
- Without the upstep, the two words would sound identical.
- The student plotted each upstep on a pitch chart.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UPSTEP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with UPSTEP
4 longer words begin with UPSTEP.
Shorter words from the letters in UPSTEP
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Common questions about UPSTEP
- Is UPSTEP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UPSTEP, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UPSTEP worth?
- UPSTEP is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UPSTEP mean?
- A rise in pitch within a spoken tone, so that one tone is realised higher than the one before it.
- What letters can be added to UPSTEP?
- UPSTEP takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of UPSTEP:
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