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UPCURLING
Definition of UPCURLING
verb
present participle and gerund of upcurl
UPCURL
verb
To curl up.
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Word DNA
UPCURLING 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.
UPCURLING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 103, 31 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First found by a player on Day 103, 31 August 2026.
Built from these letters
UPCURLING starts with U and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CGILNPRUU - 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 UPCURLING?
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 103 - and most players walked straight past it.
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