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SUNUP

/ˈsʌnʌp/5 letters

Definition of SUNUP

noun

The time of day when the sun appears above the eastern horizon.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

sun + up

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

SUNUP in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 120
Its 2 boards, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
109
First board
112
Latest board
3
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 109, 6 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.

First ever to find it

empressemu

on Day 109, 6 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

SUNUP
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

SUNUP starts with S and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read NPSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.

Words that start SUNUP

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

SUNUPS

Could you have found SUNUP?

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 109 - and most players walked straight past it.

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