Dictionary Check: uppercase
"uppercase" is a valid word!
Scrabble
15
points
Words with Friends
19
points
Definition
adjective
relating to capital letters which were kept in the top half of a compositor's type case
Example:
"uppercase letters: X and Y and Z etc."
noun
one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis
Example:
"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"
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