UPSET — 5 letter word
upset
The word upset has 5 letters: U, P, S, E, T. It contains 2 vowels and 3 consonants. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Upset has 2 anagrams: setup, stupe. As a adjective, it means "used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win".
5 letter word "upset": U P S E T — adjective
Scrabble score: 7 Words With Friends: 9
Letter Analysis of upset
| Letter | Count | Type | Scrabble pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| U | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
| P | 1 | Consonant | 3 |
| S | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
| E | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
| T | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
2 vowels, 3 consonants, 5 unique letters
Definition of upset
adjective
- used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win
- thrown into a state of disarray or confusion Synonyms: confused
- afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief "too upset to say anything" Synonyms: worried
- having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom Synonyms: upturned, overturned
- mildly physically distressed "an upset stomach"
noun
- an improbable and unexpected victory "the biggest upset since David beat Goliath" Synonyms: overturn
- the act of upsetting something "I was badly bruised by the upset of my sled at a high speed." Synonyms: overturn
- the act of disturbing the mind or body "Their carelessness could have caused an ecological upset." Synonyms: overthrow
- a tool used to thicken or spread metal (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging Synonyms: swage
- a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning Synonyms: disorder
- an unhappy and worried mental state Synonyms: perturbation
verb
- disturb the balance or stability of "The hostile talks upset the peaceful relations between the two countries"
- defeat suddenly and unexpectedly "The foreign team upset the local team"
- form metals with a swage Synonyms: swage
- move deeply "This book upset me" Synonyms: trouble
- cause to lose one's composure Synonyms: untune, discompose, disconcert, discomfit
- cause to overturn from an upright or normal position Synonyms: overturn