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UPRATES
Definition of UPRATES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of uprate
UPRATE
verb
To give a higher rating to.
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Word DNA
UPRATES inherits its ancestry from its root, UPRATE.
How it is built
Same root, UPRATE · 1 relative 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.
UPRATES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 140, 7 October 2026.
Built from these letters
UPRATES starts with U and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEPRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found UPRATES?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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