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UPGRADING
Definition of UPGRADING
verb
present participle and gerund of upgrade
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Word DNA
UPGRADING inherits its ancestry from its root, UPGRADE.
How it is built
Same root, UPGRADE · 3 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.
UPGRADING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
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
UPGRADING starts with U and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ADGGINPRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. G appears more than once.
Words that start UPGRAD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found UPGRADING?
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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