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Is upright a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word upright is a Scrabble US word. The word upright is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

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Is upright a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word upright is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

U1P3R1I1G2H4T1

Is upright a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word upright is a Words With Friends word. The word upright is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

U2P4R1I1G3H3T1

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7-letter words (1 found)

UPRIGHT,

6-letter words (1 found)

UPGIRT,

5-letter words (6 found)

GIRTH,GRIPT,GRITH,PIGHT,RIGHT,THRIP,

4-letter words (22 found)

GIRT,GRIP,GRIT,HIPT,HURT,PHUT,PITH,PRIG,PRUH,PTUI,PUGH,PUIR,PURI,RIPT,RUTH,THIG,THIR,THRU,THUG,TRIG,TRIP,TRUG,

3-letter words (34 found)

GHI,GIP,GIT,GUP,GUR,GUT,HIP,HIT,HUG,HUI,HUP,HUT,PHI,PHT,PIG,PIR,PIT,PIU,PUG,PUH,PUR,PUT,RIG,RIP,RIT,RUG,RUT,TIG,TIP,TUG,TUI,TUP,UGH,URP,

2-letter words (11 found)

GI,GU,HI,IT,PI,TI,UG,UH,UP,UR,UT,

You can make 75 words from upright according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of upright

upright

Etymology

From Middle English upright, uppryght, upriht, from Old English upriht (“upright; erect”), from Proto-Germanic *upprehtaz, equivalent to up- +‎ right. Cognate with Saterland Frisian apgjucht (“upright”), West Frisian oprjocht (“upright”), Dutch oprecht (“upright”), German Low German uprecht (“upright”), German aufrecht (“upright”), Swedish upprätt (“upright”), Icelandic uppréttur (“upright”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʌpɹaɪt/

Adjective

upright (comparative more upright, superlative most upright)

  1. Vertical; erect
    I was standing upright, waiting for my orders.
    • 1782, Fanny Burney, Cecilia; or, Memoirs of an Heiress, volume V, Book X, chapter X: “A Termination”, page 372
      Supported by pillows, ſhe ſat almoſt upright.
  2. In its proper orientation; not overturned.
  3. Greater in height than breadth.
  4. (figuratively) Of good morals; practicing ethical values.
  5. (of a golf club) Having the head approximately at a right angle with the shaft.

Synonyms

  • (vertical, erect): orthograde, surrect (obsolete, rare)

Derived terms

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Adverb

upright (comparative more upright, superlative most upright)

  1. In or into an upright position.

Translations

Noun

upright (plural uprights)

  1. Any vertical part of a structure.
    1. (sports) A goal post.
    2. (slang) A leg
  2. A word clued by the successive initial, middle, or final letters of the cross-lights in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
  3. (informal) An upright piano.
  4. (informal) An upright arcade game cabinet.
  5. Short for upright vacuum cleaner.
  6. (obsolete, hunting, dialect, British) The tips of the antlers of a young deer.

Holonyms

  • (word clued by successive letters): double acrostic, triple acrostic

Related terms

  • upright piano

Translations

References

  • Joseph Wright (editor). The English Dialect Dictionary, Being the Complete Vocabulary of All Dialect Words Still in Use, Or Known to Have Been in Use During the Last Two Hundred Years: A-E.. "crocket". Pg. 801. 1898.

Verb

upright (third-person singular simple present uprights, present participle uprighting, simple past and past participle uprighted)

  1. (transitive) To set upright or stand back up (something that has fallen).

References

  • “upright, adv.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Source: wiktionary.org