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UPPITY
Definition of UPPITY
adjective
Presumptuous, above oneself, self-important; arrogant, snobbish, haughty.
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Where it comes from
From earlier uppedy, equivalent to up + -ed + -y; compare blackity, biggity, and hippity (and possibly also persnickety, pernickety). First attested around 1880 in Uncle Remus by Joel Chandler Harris to describe Jack Sparrer (Jack Sparrow), who tattled on Br'er Rabbit (see quotations below). Compare uppish.
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.
UPPITY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UPPITY starts with U and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read IPPTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start UPPITY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found UPPITY?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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