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UPHOLSTERY
Definition of UPHOLSTERY
noun
The craft or business of upholstering furniture.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
First recorded in 1597; from upholster (noun) or upholster(er) + -(er)y or -y.
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.
UPHOLSTERY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
UPHOLSTERY starts with U and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EHLOPRSTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start UPHOLS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found UPHOLSTERY?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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