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UPSTANDS
Definition of UPSTANDS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of upstand
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Word DNA
UPSTANDS inherits its ancestry from its root, UPSTAND.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (5,283)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, UPSTAND · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, German, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
UPSTANDS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 172, 8 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 172, 8 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UPSTANDS starts with U and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADNPSSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
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 UPSTAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found UPSTANDS?
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 172 - and most players walked straight past it.
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