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UPLAND
Definition of UPLAND
noun
The area in the interior of a country with a generally higher elevation.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English upland, from Old English ūpland (“the country”); equivalent to up- + land. The word as an adjective developed in Middle English.
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.
UPLAND in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 66, 25 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 93, 21 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
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
UPLAND starts with U and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADLNPU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start UPLAND
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found UPLAND?
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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