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Uptown

Q: What does uptown mean?

As a noun, uptown means “a residential part of town away from the central commercial district”. It has 3 meanings in total, listed above.

u ₁p ₃t ₁o ₁w ₄n ₁

About 2 syllables

noun · adjective · adverb · 6 letters · Common

Scrabble US & Canada : valid
Scrabble UK & worldwide : valid
Words With Friends : valid
Wordle : not valid

What does uptown mean?

noun

a residential part of town away from the central commercial district

adjective

of or located in the upper part of a town
“uptown residential areas”

adverb

toward or in the upper part of town

Is UPTOWN a valid word?

Game / word list	Valid?
Scrabble US & Canada (NWL / TWL)	Yes
Scrabble UK & worldwide (Collins / SOWPODS)	Yes
Words With Friends (ENABLE)	Yes
Wordle (guess list)	No

How many points is UPTOWN worth?

Scrabble

11 pts

u ₁p ₃t ₁o ₁w ₄n ₁

Words With Friends

14 pts

u ₂p ₄t ₁o ₁w ₄n ₂

Wordfeud

13 pts

u ₂p ₄t ₁o ₁w ₄n ₁

NYT Crossplay

13 pts

u ₂p ₃t ₁o ₁w ₅n ₁

Scores are the sum of the tile values, before premium squares or bingo bonuses.

Words from the letters in UPTOWN

Best shorter words top 30 of 49

pown 9 pow 8 twp 8 wop 8 nowt 7 punto 7 puton 7 town 7 wont 7 noup 6 now 6 own 6 owt 6 pont 6 pout 6 punt 6 tow 6 two 6 upon 6 won 6 wot 6 opt 5 oup 5 ow 5 pot 5 pun 5 put 5 top 5 tup 5 upo 5

See all 49 words made from UPTOWN

Hooks for UPTOWN

Add one letter to the front or back of UPTOWN to make another word.

Front hooks

None

Back hooks

uptowns

Words that end like UPTOWN

Common words that share the ending -OWN, handy for rhymes, poems and wordplay. Matches are based on spelling, so a few may not rhyme exactly.

unknown shutdown breakdown disown renown letdown lowdown rundown sundown downtown outgrown showdown countdown nightgown touchdown thrown brown flown grown known shown down town own

All words ending in -OWN

Uptown: quick answers

Is UPTOWN a valid Scrabble word?

Yes. UPTOWN is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 11 points before board bonuses.

How many points is UPTOWN worth?

UPTOWN scores 11 points in Scrabble, 14 in Words With Friends, 13 in Wordfeud and 13 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.

What does uptown mean?

As a noun, uptown means “a residential part of town away from the central commercial district”. It has 3 meanings in total, listed above.

What words can you make with the letters in UPTOWN?

You can make 49 shorter words from UPTOWN, such as POWN, POW, TWP, WOP. See the full list.