UPTEAR is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. UPTEAR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UPTEAR?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UPTEAR is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UPTEAR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
uptearsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How UPTEAR scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in UPTEAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,325.
What does UPTEAR mean in Scrabble?
verb
literary
To tear something out of the ground, roots and all, or to wrench it violently out of place.
Uptear is an uncommon verb that carries a sense of violence and force: a storm may uptear trees, and a flood may uptear the foundations of a bridge. Its parts are plain, up and tear, but the compound feels more dramatic than either simple verb, so it belongs to elevated writing. It is irregular, giving uptore for the past tense and uptorn for the participle.
How UPTEAR is used
Literary and rare; used in dramatic descriptions of storms, battles and upheaval.
- The hurricane threatened to uptear every tree along the shore.
- Floodwater can uptear the paving from a lane in minutes.
- He would uptear the fence posts before letting them build on his land.
- Revolution aimed to uptear the old order by its roots.
- The diggers began to uptear the old railway sleepers.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UPTEAR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of UPTEAR
The 6 tiles of UPTEAR in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with UPTEAR
2 longer words begin with UPTEAR.
Shorter words from the letters in UPTEAR
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Common questions about UPTEAR
- Is UPTEAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UPTEAR, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UPTEAR worth?
- UPTEAR is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UPTEAR mean?
- To tear something out of the ground, roots and all, or to wrench it violently out of place.
- What letters can be added to UPTEAR?
- UPTEAR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of UPTEAR:
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