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LINKUPS
Definition of LINKUPS
noun
plural of linkup
LINKUP
noun
A connection.
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Word DNA
LINKUPS inherits its ancestry from its root, LINKUP.
How it is built
Same root, LINKUP · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LINKUPS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 126, 23 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 126, 23 September 2026.
Built from these letters
LINKUPS starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read IKLNPSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start LINKUP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LINKUPS?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 126 - and most players walked straight past it.
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