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UPSET
Definition of UPSET
adjective
Angry, distressed, or unhappy
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English upset (“the act of setting up; establishment”), from Middle English upsetten, corresponding to up- + set. Cognate with Middle Low German upset (“setup; arrangement”).
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.
UPSET in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 22, 11 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UPSET starts with U and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EPSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start UPSET
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found UPSET?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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