Is “Up” a Scrabble word?

1. 1.The direction opposed to the pull of gravity.

   “Up is a good way to go.”

2. 2.A positive thing.

   “I hate almost everything about my job. The only up is that it's so close to home.”

3. 3.An upstairs room of a two story house.

   “She lives in a two-up two-down.”

1. 1.To increase or raise.

   “If we up the volume, we may be able to hear what he says.”

2. 2.To promote.

   “It wasn’t long before they upped him to Vice President.”

3. 3.(usually in combination with another verb) To act suddenly.

   “He just upped and quit.”

Synonyms: turn up

1. 1.Facing upwards.

   “Put the notebook face up on the table.”

2. 2.On or at a physically higher level.

   “The flood waters are up again across large areas of the country.”

3. 3.Headed, or designated to go, upward, as an escalator, stairway, elevator etc.

   “Where is the up escalator?”

1. 1.Away from the surface of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity.

   “I looked up and saw the airplane overhead.”

2. 2.To or at a physically higher or more elevated position.

   “All day we climbed up and up.”

3. 3.To a higher level of some quantity or notional quantity, such as price, volume, pitch, happiness, etc.

   “Cheer up, the weekend's almost here.”

Synonyms: alley oop