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UPSTAGE
Definition of UPSTAGE
noun
The part of a stage that is farthest from the audience or camera.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From up- + stage. The figurative uses “haughty” and “to draw attention away” derive from actors moving to a higher and thus more visible position on a sloped stage.
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.
UPSTAGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 50, 9 July 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 50, 9 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
UPSTAGE starts with U and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEGPSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start UPSTAG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 50
Could you have found UPSTAGE?
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 50 - and most players walked straight past it.
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