UPTILT is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. UPTILT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UPTILT?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UPTILT is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UPTILT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
uptiltsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How UPTILT scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in UPTILT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 275,938.
What does UPTILT mean in Scrabble?
noun
A slight upward slant or angle, such as the lift at the corner of a smile.
Uptilt is most often met as a descriptive noun for a small upward turn in a nose, a chin, a brim or the corners of a mouth. Novelists like it because it suggests attitude, whether pride, amusement or defiance, in a single word. It is also used as a verb meaning to tilt something upward, though that use is less frequent than the noun.
How UPTILT is used
Mainly descriptive writing, especially fiction describing faces and posture.
- A faint uptilt at the corner of her mouth gave away the joke.
- The pilot noticed a gentle uptilt in the runway as it neared the hill.
- His proud uptilt of the chin made the committee wary.
- The hat sat with a rakish uptilt over one eye.
- Even in the photograph you can see the uptilt of her nose.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UPTILT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with UPTILT
3 longer words begin with UPTILT.
Shorter words from the letters in UPTILT
Common questions about UPTILT
- Is UPTILT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UPTILT, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UPTILT worth?
- UPTILT is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UPTILT mean?
- A slight upward slant or angle, such as the lift at the corner of a smile.
- What letters can be added to UPTILT?
- UPTILT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of UPTILT:
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