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Is uproot a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word uproot is a Scrabble US word. The word uproot is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is uproot a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word uproot is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

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6-letter words (1 found)

UPROOT,

5-letter words (4 found)

OUTRO,POORT,PROTO,TROOP,

4-letter words (16 found)

POOR,POOT,PORT,POUR,POUT,PROO,ROOP,ROOT,ROTO,ROUP,ROUT,TOPO,TORO,TOUR,TROP,TROU,

3-letter words (22 found)

OOP,OOR,OOT,OPT,ORT,OUP,OUR,OUT,POO,POT,PRO,PUR,PUT,ROO,ROT,RUT,TOO,TOP,TOR,TUP,UPO,URP,

2-letter words (9 found)

OO,OP,OR,OU,PO,TO,UP,UR,UT,

You can make 52 words from uproot according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of uproot

uproot

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌʌpˈɹuːt/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˌʌpˈɹut/
  • Rhymes: -uːt
  • Hyphenation: up‧root

Etymology 1

From up- (prefix indicating a higher direction or position) +‎ root (“to tear up by the roots; (figuratively) to remove forcibly from a place; to eradicate, exterminate”, verb). Root is derived from root (“underground part of a plant”, noun), from Middle English rote, from Old English rōt, rōte, from Old Norse rót, from Proto-Germanic *wrōts, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds (“root”).

Verb

uproot (third-person singular simple present uproots, present participle uprooting, simple past and past participle uprooted)

  1. (transitive)
    1. To tear up (a plant, etc.) by the roots, or as if by the roots; to extirpate, to root up.
      Synonyms: deracinate, disroot, grub up, outroot, rout, unroot
    2. (figuratively) To destroy (something) utterly; to eradicate, exterminate.
      Synonyms: annihilate, obliterate; see also Thesaurus:destroy
    3. (figuratively) To remove (someone or something) from a familiar circumstance, especially suddenly and unwillingly.
  2. (intransitive, reflexive) Of oneself or someone: to move away from a familiar environment (for example, to live elsewhere).
Derived terms
  • uprootal
  • uprooted (adjective)
  • uprootedness
  • uprooter
  • uprooting (noun)
Translations

Noun

uproot (plural uproots)

  1. The act of uprooting something.

Etymology 2

From up- (prefix indicating a higher direction or position) +‎ root (“of a pig or other animal: to dig or turn up with the snout; to search as if by digging in soil, rummage”, verb). Root is derived from Middle English wroten (“to dig or turn up with the snout; to remove soil, dig up”), from Old English wrōtan (“to dig or turn up with the snout”), from Proto-Germanic *wrōtaną (“to dig or turn up with the snout”); further etymology uncertain.

Verb

uproot (third-person singular simple present uproots, present participle uprooting, simple past and past participle uprooted)

  1. (transitive) Of a pig or other animal: to dig up (something in the ground) using the snout; to rummage for (something) in the ground; to grub up, to root, to rout.
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Anagrams

  • root up

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