uproot
VERB
/əp'rut/
6 LETTERS · 2 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH U
uproot is a valid 6-letter word worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
U1P3R1O1O1T1
1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =8 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 16TRIPLE WORD → 24
MEANING
What does uproot mean?
VERB · 3 SENSES
1
Destroy completely, as if down to the roots.
“the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted”
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2
Pull up by or as if by the roots.
“uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden”
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3
Move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment.
“The war uprooted many people”
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BROADER