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UPCURLED
Definition of UPCURLED
verb
simple past and past participle of upcurl
UPCURL
verb
To curl up.
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Word DNA
UPCURLED inherits its ancestry from its root, UPCURL.
How it is built
Same root, UPCURL · 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.
UPCURLED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UPCURLED starts with U and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDELPRUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start UPCURL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found UPCURLED?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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