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UPSHOT
Definition of UPSHOT
noun
The final result, or outcome of something.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Presumed from up- + shot, referring to the last shot in a match of archery.
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.
UPSHOT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 85, 13 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 22, 11 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
UPSHOT starts with U and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read HOPSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start UPSHOT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found UPSHOT?
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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