The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
UPBOUND
Definition of UPBOUND
adjective
Directed or moving up or in a direction conventionally considered up; upstream
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From up- + bound or up + -bound.
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.
UPBOUND in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 111, 8 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UPBOUND starts with U and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read BDNOPUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start UPBOUN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found UPBOUND?
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 111 - and most players walked straight past it.
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