What UPSTART Means
- noun: an arrogant or presumptuous person
- noun: a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class
- adjective: characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
UPSTART is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as U1 P3 S1 T1 A1 R1 T1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 59 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Anagrams of UPSTART (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In UPSTART
128 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
6 letter words (3)
5 letter words (32)
PARTSPATUSPRATSPRATTPRAUSPRUTAPUTTSRATUSSPARTSPRATSPURTSPUTASTARTSTRAPSTRUTSTUPASTURTSUPRASURATSUTRASUTTATAPUSTARPSTARTSTATUSTAUTSTRAPSTRAPTTRATSTRUSTTUARTTURPS
4 letter words (48)
APTSARTSPARSPARTPASTPATSPATUPRATPRAUPURSPUTSPUTTRAPSRAPTRASPRASTRATSRATURUSARUSTRUTSSAUTSPARSPATSPURSTAPSTARSTATSURATAPSTAPUTARPTARSTARTTATSTATUTAUSTAUTTRAPTRATTSARTUPSTUTSUPASUPTAURPSURSAUTAS
3 letter words (35)
APTARSARTASPATSATTPARPASPATPSTPURPUSPUTRAPRASRATRUTSAPSARSATSAUSPASUPSURTAPTARTASTATTAUTUPTUTUPSURPUTAUTS
2 letter words (10)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.