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UPGRADES

8 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What UPGRADES Means

UPGRADES is a form of UPGRADE, which means:

  1. noun: an upward slope or grade (as in a road)“the car couldn't make it up the rise”
  2. noun: software that provides better performance than an earlier version did
  3. verb: rate higher; raise in value or esteem
  4. verb: to improve what was old or outdated“I've upgraded my computer so I can run better software”

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

UPGRADES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as U1 P3 G2 R1 A1 D2 E1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In UPGRADES

403 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

7 letter words (8)

6 letter words (45)

5 letter words (118)

4 letter words (130)

3 letter words (83)

2 letter words (19)

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