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UPGRADING

9 letters, 14 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What UPGRADING Means

UPGRADING is a form of UPGRADE, which means:

  1. noun: an upward slope or grade (as in a road)“the car couldn't make it up the rise”
  2. noun: software that provides better performance than an earlier version did
  3. verb: rate higher; raise in value or esteem
  4. verb: to improve what was old or outdated“I've upgraded my computer so I can run better software”

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

UPGRADING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 14 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as U1 P3 G2 R1 A1 D2 I1 N1 G2.

Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.