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UPLANDISH
Definition of UPLANDISH
adjective
Of or pertaining to uplands; pertaining to or situated in country districts.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English uplondish, oplondysch, uplondysch, from Old English uplendisc (“uplandish”); equivalent to upland + -ish.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (2,908)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
UPLANDISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 92, 20 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 133, 30 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 28 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 92, 20 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UPLANDISH starts with U and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read ADHILNPSU - 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 UPLANDISH?
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 92 - and most players walked straight past it.
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