Definitions for uptorn

uptorn up·torn

Spelling: [uhp-tawrn, -tohrn]
IPA: /ʌpˈtɔrn, -ˈtoʊrn/

Uptorn is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 92 anagrams from letters in uptorn (noprtu).

Definitions for uptorn

verb

  1. past participle of uptear.

verb (used with object)

  1. to wrench or tear out by or as if by the roots or foundations; destroy.

Origin of uptorn

First recorded in 1585-95; up- + tear2

Examples for uptorn

But the Big Sandy was now swollen beyond its banks, and the rapid current was filled with floating logs and uptorn trees.

Then, in a small opening where the uptorn roots of a tree rose like a wall at one side, it halted.

Not that I liked changes, for heart vines bleed freely when uptorn, and friendship's stocks cannot be bought on margin.

Two of them belonged to the ration-party, and the others were Tommies who had been engaged in relaying the uptorn line.

Just as she reached him, looking at him instead of the rough ground, all rutted with uptorn roots, she slipped and almost fell.

Under that staggering blow men collapsed in dozens, crushed by the weight of uptorn earth or blown to fragments.

The bole of an uptorn gum tree spanned a half-moon depression at the verge of the spring.

Word Value for uptorn
Scrable

8

Words with friends

11

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