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UPSTARE
Definition of UPSTARE
verb
To stare or stand erect or on end; be erect or conspicuous; bristle.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From up- + stare.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, UPSTARE · 2 relatives 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.
UPSTARE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 60, 19 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 60, 19 July 2026.
Built from these letters
UPSTARE starts with U and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEPRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start UPSTAR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 60
Could you have found UPSTARE?
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 60 - and most players walked straight past it.
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