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Is upset a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word upset is a Scrabble US word. The word upset is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

U1P3S1E1T1

Is upset a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word upset is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

U1P3S1E1T1

Is upset a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word upset is a Words With Friends word. The word upset is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

U2P4S1E1T1

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5-letter words (3 found)

SETUP,STUPE,UPSET,

4-letter words (11 found)

PEST,PETS,PUTS,SEPT,SPET,SPUE,STEP,SUET,SUPE,TUPS,UTES,

3-letter words (15 found)

EST,PES,PET,PST,PUS,PUT,SET,SUE,SUP,TES,TUP,UPS,USE,UTE,UTS,

2-letter words (8 found)

ES,ET,PE,ST,TE,UP,US,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 38 words from upset according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of upset

upset puset uspet supet psuet spuet upest puest uepst eupst peust epust usept suept uespt euspt seupt esupt pseut speut pesut epsut seput esput upste puste uspte supte psute spute uptse putse utpse tupse ptuse tpuse ustpe sutpe utspe tuspe stupe tsupe pstue sptue ptsue tpsue stpue tspue upets puets uepts eupts peuts eputs uptes putes utpes tupes ptues tpues uetps eutps uteps tueps etups teups petus eptus pteus tpeus etpus tepus usetp suetp uestp eustp seutp esutp ustep sutep utsep tusep stuep tsuep uetsp eutsp utesp tuesp etusp teusp setup estup steup tseup etsup tesup psetu spetu pestu epstu septu esptu psteu spteu ptseu tpseu stpeu tspeu petsu eptsu ptesu tpesu etpsu tepsu setpu estpu stepu tsepu etspu tespu

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Definitions and meaning of upset

upset

Etymology

From Middle English upset (“the act of setting up; establishment”), from Middle English upsetten, corresponding to up- +‎ set. Cognate with Middle Low German upset (“setup; arrangement”).

Pronunciation

Noun
  • enPR: ŭpsĕt, IPA(key): /ˈʌpsɛt/
Adjective, verb
  • enPR: ŭpʹsĕtʹ, IPA(key): /ʌpˈsɛt/
  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Adjective

upset (comparative more upset, superlative most upset)

  1. (of a person, predicative only) Angry, distressed, or unhappy.
    He was upset when she refused his friendship.
    My children often get upset with their classmates.
  2. (of a stomach or gastrointestinal tract, referred to as stomach) Feeling unwell, nauseated, or ready to vomit.
    His stomach was upset, so he didn't want to move.

Synonyms

  • (angry, distressed, unhappy): See angry, distressed and unhappy
    • in a tizzy

Derived terms

  • upset price
  • upset stomach

Translations

Noun

upset (countable and uncountable, plural upsets)

  1. (uncountable) Disturbance or disruption.
  2. (countable, sports, politics) An unexpected victory of a competitor or candidate that was not favored to win.
  3. (automobile insurance) An overturn.
    "collision and upset": impact with another object or an overturn for whatever reason.
  4. An upset stomach.
    • 1958 May 12, advertisement, Life, volume 44, number 19, page 110 [3]:
      "Bob, let's cancel the babysitter. With this upset stomach, I can't go out tonight.
      "Try Pepto-Bismol. Hospital tests prove it relieves upsets. And it's great for indigestion or nausea, too!"
  5. (mathematics) An upper set; a subset (X,≤) of a partially ordered set with the property that, if x is in U and x≤y, then y is in U.
  6. (aviation) The dangerous situation where the flight attitude or airspeed of an aircraft is outside the designed bounds of operation, possibly resulting in loss of control.

Synonyms

  • (disturbance, disruption): disruption, disturbance
  • (unexpected victory of a competitor):

Derived terms

  • jet upset
  • upset the apple cart
  • upsetting thermometer

Translations

Verb

upset (third-person singular simple present upsets, present participle upsetting, simple past and past participle upset)

  2. (transitive) To make (a person) angry, distressed, or unhappy.
    I’m sure the bad news will upset him, but he needs to know.
  3. (transitive) To disturb, disrupt or adversely alter (something).
    Introducing a foreign species can upset the ecological balance.
    The fatty meat upset his stomach.
  4. (transitive) To tip or overturn (something).
    • 1924, W. D. Ross translator, Aristitle, Metaphysics, Book 1, Part 9, The Classical Library, Nashotah, Wisconsin, 2001.
      But this argument, which first Anaxagoras and later Eudoxus and certain others used, is very easily upset; for it is not difficult to collect many insuperable objections to such a view.
  5. (transitive) To defeat unexpectedly.
    Truman upset Dewey in the 1948 US presidential election.
  6. (intransitive) To be upset or knocked over.
    The carriage upset when the horse bolted.
  7. (obsolete) To set up; to put upright.
    • R. of Brunne
      with sail on mast upset
  8. To thicken and shorten, as a heated piece of iron, by hammering on the end.
  9. To shorten (a tire) in the process of resetting, originally by cutting it and hammering on the ends.

Synonyms

  • (make someone angry, distressed or unhappy): See anger, distress, forset, and sadden
  • (disturb, disrupt, adversely alter): disrupt, disturb, forset, turn upside down
  • (tip, overturn): invert, overturn, forset, tip, tip over, tip up, turn over, turn upside down

Derived terms

  • upset the applecart
  • upset the natives

Translations

Anagrams

  • TUPEs, Tse-p'u, puets, set up, set-up, setup, spute, stupe

Source: wiktionary.org