What UP Means
- adjective: being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level“the anchor is up”
- adjective: out of bed“are they astir yet?”
- adverb: spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position“look up!”
- adverb: to a higher intensity“he turned up the volume”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
UP is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 4 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as U1 P3.
Longer Words Containing UP
UP appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
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