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7 Letter Words Starting With UP

There are 260 valid 7 letter words that start with UP, drawn from NWL2023, CSW24, and Words With Friends. Sorted below by score, with the single highest scorer called out.

Highest Scoring 7-Letter Words

US Scrabble (NWL)

upblaze - 20 points

UK Scrabble (CSW)

upblaze - 20 points

Words With Friends

upblaze - 24 points

7 Letter Words (260)

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Top 20 Highest-Scoring 7 Letter Words Starting With up

Point values shown for US Scrabble, UK Scrabble, and Words With Friends. The average across this full 260 word list is 40.5 combined points.

Rank Word US Scrabble UK Scrabble WWF Points Total
#1 upaisle 9 9 12 30
#2 upalley 12 12 15 39
#3 upalong 10 10 15 35
#4 upanaya 12 12 14 38
#5 uparise 9 9 11 29
#6 upattic 11 11 14 36
#7 upbbore 13 13 17 43
#8 upbears 11 11 14 36
#9 upbeats 11 11 14 36
#10 upbelch 16 16 20 52
#11 upbinds 12 12 16 40
#12 upblast 11 11 15 37
🏆 #13 upblaze 20 20 24 64
#14 upblown 14 14 19 47
#15 upblows 14 14 18 46
#16 upboils 11 11 15 37
#17 upboost 11 11 14 36
#18 upborne 11 11 15 37
#19 upbotch 16 16 19 51
#20 upbound 12 12 17 41

Where 7 Letter Words Fit on the Board

At 7 letters, a word almost always uses your entire rack plus tiles already on the board these are realistically bingo-adjacent plays rather than everyday moves, which is why the list leans heavily on compound and suffixed forms (-nesses, -ation, -izing). If you're looking for words you can play more often, shorter lengths starting with UP will give you far more flexible options try 7 letter words starting with UP for a more practical middle ground.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the highest-scoring 7 letter word starting with up?

upblaze — worth 64 combined points (US Scrabble: 20, UK Scrabble: 20, Words With Friends: 24).

How many 7 letter words start with up?

260 valid words, combining entries from NWL2023, CSW24, and the Words With Friends dictionary.

Are 7 letter words realistic to actually play?

Only occasionally — you'd need most of your rack plus letters already on the board to reach 7 tiles. They're worth knowing for the rare bingo-extension play, but for regular turns, shorter up words will come up far more often.