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UPSCALE
Definition of UPSCALE
adjective
Expensive and designed to appeal to affluent consumers.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From up + scale, 1966 (adjective), 1963 (verb).
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.
UPSCALE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 44, 3 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 68, 27 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 33 days.
First found by a player on Day 44, 3 July 2026.
Built from these letters
UPSCALE starts with U and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACELPSU - 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.
Words that start UPSCAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 44
Could you have found UPSCALE?
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 44 - and most players walked straight past it.
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