Definition of upwards

"upwards" in the adverb sense

1. up, upwards, upward, upwardly

spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position

"look up!"

"the music surged up"

"the fragments flew upwards"

"prices soared upwards"

"upwardly mobile"

2. up, upwards, upward

to a later time

"they moved the meeting date up"

"from childhood upward"

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Quotations for upwards

Envy, like flame, soars upwards. [ Livy ]

Other sins only speak, murder shrieks out.
The element of water moistens the earth,
But blood flies upwards and bedews the heavens. [ Webster ]

It is the temper of the highest hearts, like the palm-tree, to strive most upwards when it is most burdened. [ Sir P. Sidney ]

Refinement is the lifting of one's self upwards from the merely sensual; the effort of the soul to etherealize the common wants and uses of life. [ Beecher ]

For every grain of sand is a mystery; so is every daisy in summer, and so is every snow-flake in winter. Both upwards and downwards, and all around us, science and speculation pass into mystery at last. [ William Mountford ]

The truly great and good in affliction bear a countenance more princely than they are wont, for it is the temper of the highest hearts, like the palm tree, to strive most upwards when it is most burdened. [ S. P. Sidney ]

Every man, within that inconsiderable figure of his, contains a whole spirit-kingdom and reflex of the All; and, though to the eye but some six standard feet in size, reaches downwards and upwards, unsurveyable, fading into the regions of immensity and eternity. [ Carlyle ]

upwards in Scrabble®

The word upwards is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 13

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters upwards:

UPWARDS
(102 = 52 + 50)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

upwards

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word upwards

UPWARDS
(102 = 52 + 50)
UPWARDS
(101 = 51 + 50)
UPWARDS
(98 = 48 + 50)
UPWARDS
(95 = 45 + 50)
UPWARDS
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(66 = 16 + 50)
UPWARDS
(65 = 15 + 50)
UPWARDS
(65 = 15 + 50)
UPWARDS
(64 = 14 + 50)

The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In upwards

UPWARDS
(102 = 52 + 50)
UPWARDS
(101 = 51 + 50)
UPWARDS
(98 = 48 + 50)
UPWARDS
(95 = 45 + 50)
UPWARDS
(92 = 42 + 50)
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UPWARDS
(84 = 34 + 50)
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UPWARDS
(64 = 14 + 50)
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upwards in Words With Friends™

The word upwards is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 15

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters upwards:

UPWARDS
(116 = 81 + 35)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

upwards

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word upwards

UPWARDS
(116 = 81 + 35)
UPWARDS
(110 = 75 + 35)
UPWARDS
(104 = 69 + 35)
UPWARDS
(98 = 63 + 35)
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UPWARDS
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UPWARDS
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UPWARDS
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UPWARDS
(51 = 16 + 35)
UPWARDS
(51 = 16 + 35)
UPWARDS
(50 = 15 + 35)

The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In upwards

UPWARDS
(116 = 81 + 35)
UPWARDS
(110 = 75 + 35)
UPWARDS
(104 = 69 + 35)
UPWARDS
(98 = 63 + 35)
UPWARDS
(95 = 60 + 35)
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(81 = 46 + 35)
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UPWARD
(78)
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(73 = 38 + 35)
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(69)
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(69 = 34 + 35)
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(67 = 32 + 35)
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(67 = 32 + 35)
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(66)
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(66)
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(65 = 30 + 35)
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(60 = 25 + 35)
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(60)
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(57)
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(57)
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(57 = 22 + 35)
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(57)
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(57)
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(57)
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(56)
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(56 = 21 + 35)
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(48)
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Words within the letters of upwards

2 letter words in upwards (6 words)

3 letter words in upwards (18 words)

5 letter words in upwards (6 words)

6 letter words in upwards (2 words)

7 letter words in upwards (1 word)

Words containing the sequence upwards

Words that start with upwards (1 word)

Words with upwards in them (1 word)

Words that end with upwards (1 word)

Word Growth involving upwards

Shorter words in upwards

up upward

ar war ward upward

ar war ward wards

Longer words containing upwards

(No longer words found)