The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
UPGROWTH
Definition of UPGROWTH
noun
The process or result of growing up; progress; development.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From up- + growth.
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.
UPGROWTH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 92, 20 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 33, 22 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UPGROWTH starts with U and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read GHOPRTUW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start UPGROW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found UPGROWTH?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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