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UPAS
Definition of UPAS
noun
A tree, Antiaris toxicaria, of the mulberry family, common in the forests of Java and the neighboring islands, with poisonous secretions.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Malay upas.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
UPAS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 83, 11 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 83, 11 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
UPAS starts with U and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read APSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start UPAS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found UPAS?
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 83 - and most players walked straight past it.
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