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UPSHOTS
Definition of UPSHOTS
noun
plural of upshot
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Word DNA
UPSHOTS inherits its ancestry from its root, UPSHOT.
How it is built
Same root, UPSHOT · 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.
UPSHOTS 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 20 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UPSHOTS starts with U and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read HOPSSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Could you have found UPSHOTS?
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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