11 letters · 21 points in Scrabble
noun an outcome (good or bad) that is well deserved
originEtymology tree English come up Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. Old French -ancebor. Middle English -aunce English -ance English comeuppance From come up (“to appear before a judge”) + -ance.
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