upheave

Verb

Verb Forms: upheaved, uphove, upheaving, upheaves

To lift or force upwards with great effort.
lift forcefully from beneath
To heave or lift up; raise up or aloft.
To lift or thrust something upward forcefully, or be similarly lifted or thrust upward.
To be lifted up; rise.

Examples

He managed to UPHEAVE a high-scoring word from his seemingly terrible rack.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English upheven, from Old English ūpāhebban (“to lift up, raise up, exalt, rise in the air, fly”), equivalent to up- + heave. Cognate with Dutch opheffen (“to lift, raise”), German aufheben (“to lift, raise, cancel, repeal”).

Scrabble Score: 15

upheave: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
upheave: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
upheave: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 17

upheave: valid Words With Friends Word