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UPLEAN
Definition of UPLEAN
verb
To lean or incline upward; to cause (something) to lean upward.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From up- + lean.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, UPLEAN · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
UPLEAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 94, 22 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 125, 22 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 33 days.
First found by a player on Day 94, 22 August 2026.
Built from these letters
UPLEAN starts with U and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AELNPU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start UPLEAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found UPLEAN?
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 94 - and most players walked straight past it.
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