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Is upstage a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word upstage is a Scrabble US word. The word upstage is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is upstage a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word upstage is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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Is upstage a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word upstage is a Words With Friends word. The word upstage is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

UPSTAGE,

6-letter words (3 found)

GETUPS,TAUPES,TEGUAS,

5-letter words (33 found)

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4-letter words (75 found)

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3-letter words (61 found)

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2-letter words (17 found)

AE,AG,AS,AT,EA,ES,ET,GU,PA,PE,ST,TA,TE,UG,UP,US,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 191 words from upstage according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of upstage

upstage

Etymology

up- +‎ stage. The figurative uses “haughty” and “to draw attention away” derive from actors moving to a higher and thus more visible position on a sloped stage.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʌpˈsteɪd͡ʒ/
  • Rhymes: -eɪdʒ

Noun

upstage (uncountable)

  1. (theater) The part of a stage that is farthest from the audience or camera.
    Coordinate terms: center stage, downstage, stage left, stage right

Adverb

upstage (comparative more upstage, superlative most upstage)

  1. Toward or at the rear of a theatrical stage.
  2. Away from the audience or camera.

Adjective

upstage (comparative more upstage, superlative most upstage)

  1. At the rear of a stage.
  2. (figurative, obsolete) Haughty, aloof.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:arrogant

Verb

upstage (third-person singular simple present upstages, present participle upstaging, simple past and past participle upstaged)

  1. (figurative, transitive) To draw attention away from others, especially on-stage.
    Synonyms: eclipse, overshadow
  2. (transitive, theater) To force other actors to face away from the audience by staying upstage.
  3. (transitive, by extension) To treat snobbishly.
  4. (medicine, transitive) To restage upward; to restage (a case of a disease, usually a cancer) to a higher stage than that found at last assessment.
    Antonym: downstage

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Further reading

  • rake (theatre) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • “upstage”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Source: wiktionary.org