UPSTREAM is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. UPSTREAM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UPSTREAM?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UPSTREAM is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UPSTREAM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
upstreamsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How UPSTREAM scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in UPSTREAM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so UPSTREAM has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about UPSTREAM
- All 8 letters of UPSTREAM are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does UPSTREAM mean in Scrabble?
adverb
In the direction from which a river flows, towards its source.
Anglers paddle upstream against the current, while rubbish dropped there drifts down to towns below. In industry the term is stretched to mean earlier steps in a chain of production.
How UPSTREAM is used
Used for rivers literally and for early stages of a process figuratively.
- The salmon swam upstream to spawn.
- We rowed upstream for an hour before stopping.
- A factory upstream had polluted the water.
- Problems that begin upstream tend to spread through the whole process.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UPSTREAM and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of UPSTREAM
The 8 tiles of UPSTREAM in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with UPSTREAM
3 longer words begin with UPSTREAM.
Shorter words from the letters in UPSTREAM
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Common questions about UPSTREAM
- Is UPSTREAM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UPSTREAM, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UPSTREAM worth?
- UPSTREAM is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UPSTREAM mean?
- In the direction from which a river flows, towards its source.
- What letters can be added to UPSTREAM?
- UPSTREAM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of UPSTREAM:
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