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uppity

/ˈʌpəti/•adjective

Uppity is also used as adjective, with meanings including presumptuously arrogant.

1 meaning6 lettersScrabble 13

Length

Scrabble

WWF

Starts

Ends

ITY

Difficulty

Medium

Dictionary

What Does “UPPITY” Mean?

/ˈʌpəti/

uppity has 1 documented sense across adjective.

Adjective

1 sense

presumptuously arrogant

“had a witty but overweening manner”

“{'source': 'S.V.Benet', 'text': 'no idea how overweening he would be'}”

“{'source': 'NY Times', 'text': 'getting a little uppity and needed to be slapped down'}”

Synonyms

overweening

Synonyms for UPPITY

overweening

Scrabble Score

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Word Intelligence

Explore the word uppity with its definition, score, letter pattern, and useful word game details.

Definition

presumptuously arrogant

Length

6 letters

Starts With

Ends With

Vowels

Consonants

Letters

U, P, P, I, T, Y

Use Case

Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.

Letter Breakdown

Word Facts

Key letter, score, and pattern facts for uppity.

UPPITY is a 6-letter word.

It has a Scrabble score of 13.

It starts with U and ends with Y.

It contains 2 vowels and 4 consonants.

Its vowel share is about 33%.

It has 1 repeated letter.

It is not a palindrome.

Letter pattern: ABBCDE.

Vowel/consonant pattern: VCCVCC.

Word Strategy

Strategy notes for using uppity in Scrabble, Wordle-style games, crosswords, and anagram solving.

Scrabble Strategy

★★★★☆

UPPITY has a Scrabble score of 13. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.

Wordle Strategy

★★☆☆☆

UPPITY is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.

Crossword Strategy

★★★★☆

UPPITY can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 6-letter structure.

Anagram Strategy

★★★☆☆

UPPITY contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.

Letter Intelligence

A deeper look at the letter structure, patterns, and useful game signals inside uppity.

Unique Letters

Repeated Letters

Highest Value Letter

Letter Pattern

ABBCDE

CV Pattern

VCCVCC

Vowel Share

33%

Consonant Share

67%

Bigrams

UP, PP, PI, IT, TY

Trigrams

UPP, PPI, PIT, ITY

Crossword Intelligence

Crossword-style clues, crossing help, and pattern notes for uppity.

UPPITY is a 6-letter standard crossword entry.

It starts with U and ends with Y, which helps narrow crossword crossings.

It contains 2 vowels and 4 consonants.

Its vowel/consonant pattern is VCCVCC.

Crossword difficulty estimate: Medium.