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UPHEAVE
Definition of UPHEAVE
verb
To heave or lift up; raise up or aloft.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English upheven, from Old English ūpāhebban (“to lift up, raise up, exalt, rise in the air, fly”), equivalent to up- + heave. Cognate with Dutch opheffen (“to lift, raise”), German aufheben (“to lift, raise, cancel, repeal”).
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.
UPHEAVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 66, 25 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 66, 25 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UPHEAVE starts with U and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEHPUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start UPHEAV
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found UPHEAVE?
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 66 - and most players walked straight past it.
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