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Is UP a valid word?

U1
P3

Yes. UP is a valid word.

UP is valid in the North American word list used for the Scrabble board game and other crossword tile games.

UP is in the NASPA Word List 2023 (NWL2023), the North American list that Tileside uses for challenges and the one used in club and tournament play.

Meaning

Upward; also, to raise.

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About UP

UP is everyday, and in the word list it can also be a verb, to raise. It hooks into UPO and UPS, and with a letter in front into CUP, DUP, HUP, PUP, SUP, TUP and YUP.

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UP scores 4 points

Before any bonus squares: U 1 + P 3 = 4. On a double-word square that's 8, on a triple-word 12, and every letter bonus under one of these tiles is applied first.

U1
P3

Example: UP as the first play

UP through the ★: U 1 + P 3 = 4, and the ★ doubles the first word: 8 points. New tiles are outlined.

Later in the game, put the P on a 3L square and UP is worth 10 before any word bonus.

Hooks: one tile makes a new word

In front of UP (7):

  • CUPa small open container usually used for drinking
  • DUP
  • HUP
  • PUPyoung of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf
  • SUPa small amount of liquid food
  • TUPuncastrated adult male sheep
  • YUP

After UP (2):

  • UPO
  • UPSform of UP: spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position

Place that one tile so it also forms a word in the other direction and both words score.

Longer words from UP

Other forms of UP (3):

  • UPSform of UP: spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position
  • UPPEDform of UP: spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position
  • UPPING

Words that start with UP:

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Change one tile

Swap any one letter of UP and these are still words:

  • OPa style of abstract art
  • UHused to express hesitation
  • UMto hesitate or pause in speaking
  • UNone (dialect)
  • USthe objective case of the pronoun we
  • UTthe musical tone C in the French solmization system now replaced by do

Same letters, other words

No other word in the list uses exactly the letters U and P.

Add one tile: words from these letters plus one more

UP + B

  • PUBtavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms

UP + C

  • CUPa small open container usually used for drinking

UP + D

  • DUP
  • PUD(British) the dessert course of a meal (`pud' is used informally)

UP + G

  • PUGsmall compact smooth-coated breed of Asiatic origin having a tightly curled tail and broad flat wrinkled muzzle

UP + H

UP + I

UP + L

  • PUL100 puls equal 1 afghani in Afghanistan

UP + M

  • UMPan official at a baseball game

UP + N

  • PUNa humorous play on words

UP + O

UP + P

  • PUPyoung of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf

Memory tip

UP is everyday. Add an O for UPO or an S for UPS.

On these lists

Other two-letter words starting with U

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