The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
UPBREAKING
Definition of UPBREAKING
verb
present participle and gerund of upbreak
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Word DNA
UPBREAKING inherits its ancestry from its root, UPBREAK.
How it is built
Same root, UPBREAK · 2 relatives 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.
UPBREAKING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 135, 2 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 135, 2 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UPBREAKING starts with U and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ABEGIKNPRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found UPBREAKING?
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 135 - and most players walked straight past it.
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