Is UPRIGHTING a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, UPRIGHTING is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 17 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does UPRIGHTING mean?
Uprighting is a form of UPRIGHT.
- adjective
in a vertical position; not sloping
“an upright post”
- adjective
of moral excellence
“a genuinely good person”
- noun
a vertical structural member as a post or stake
“the ball sailed between the uprights”
- noun
a piano with a vertical sounding board
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
17
Scrabble
21
Words With Friends
10
Letters
U (1) + P (3) + R (1) + I (1) + G (2) + H (4) + T (1) + I (1) + N (1) + G (2) = 17 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsListed
Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.
Hooks for UPRIGHTING
UPRIGHTING has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the end.
Words you can make from UPRIGHTING
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- girthing13
- righting13
- pithing13
- upright13
- griping11
- hurting11
- purging11
- hiring10
- piggin10
- thrip10
- unhip10
- pugh10
- girting9
- ringgit9
- pignut9
- riping9
- upgirt9
- urping9
- girth9
- grith9
- night9
- right9
- thing9
- phut9
- pith9
- turnip8
- urging8
- gript8
- piing8
- hung8
- nigh8
- thug8
- hip8
- hup8
- phi8
- pht8
- tiring7
- truing7
- ungirt7
- input7
- print7
- purin7
- unrip7
- grip7
- hint7
- hunt7
- hurt7
- ping7
- prig7
- pung7
- ruth7
- thin7
- thir7
- thru7
- ghi7
- hug7
- ugh7
- grunt6
- iring6
- ruing6
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