Unscramble UPSCALE and you have 181 words, UPSCALE itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. 3 anagrams of UPSCALE are on the page: CAPSULE, SCALEUP and SPECULA, each 11 points. The 7 letters split into 3 vowels and 4 consonants. Play all 7 tiles of UPSCALE at once for 61 in Scrabble (11 + 50) or 50 in Words With Friends (15 + 35).
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from UPSCALE by length: 4 with 7 letters, 11 with 6, 47 with 5, 60 with 4, 48 with 3 and 11 with 2.
17 of 47 5-letter words you get when you unscramble UPSCALE tie at 9 points; none scores more. PLACE, SPACE and CAUSE will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words from UPSCALE, 14 score 8 points, the group's best. CASE, PLUS and CAPE are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of UPSCALE for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 7-letter words: starting with UP · ending in LE · all 7-letter words
What UPSCALE means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept UPSCALE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPSCALE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 181) | 144 | 181 | 138 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
37 of the 181 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: AUCEPS, CAPLES, CAPULS, CALPS, CAPLE, CAPUL, CAUPS, CALP, CAUP, SECULA, CLAES, PAULS and 25 more. 6 of the 181 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CUSPAL, PELAUS, PELAU, PULAS, CALS and CAL.
With one more tile, the letters of UPSCALE spell the words below.