01 Word definition

uppercase

9 letters · 4 vowels · 5 consonants

Is UPPERCASE a word?

Yes. UPPERCASE is a 9-letter noun. one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis Check the official dictionary for your particular word game before playing it.

Correct spelling

How do you spell UPPERCASE?

U-P-P-E-R-C-A-S-E

UPPERCASE contains 9 letters, begins with U, and ends with E.

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Meaning and definition

1noun

  1. one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis

    printers once kept the type for capitals and for small letters in separate cases; capitals were kept in the upper half of the type case and so became known as upper-case letters

2adjective

  1. relating to capital letters which were kept in the top half of a compositor's type case

    uppercase letters: X and Y and Z etc.
Synonyms
capitalcapital letterupper-case lettermajuscule
Source: Open English WordNet 2025 (CC BY 4.0) ↗
Scrabble score15points
Words With Friends19points
Word length9letters

02 Letter breakdown

How is UPPERCASE spelled?

U1P2P3E4R5C6A7S8E9
Starts withUPPFirst 3 letters
Ends withASELast 3 letters
Unique letters7Repeats E, P
Vowel balance4 / 5Vowels / consonants

03 Word-game status

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About UPPERCASE.

How do you spell UPPERCASE?

UPPERCASE is spelled U-P-P-E-R-C-A-S-E. It contains 9 letters.