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UPSTATE

7 letters, 9 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What UPSTATE Means

  1. adverb: in or toward the northern parts of a state“he lives upstate New York”

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

UPSTATE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as U1 P3 S1 T1 A1 T1 E1.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 59 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.