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UPSTAYING
Definition of UPSTAYING
verb
present participle and gerund of upstay
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
UPSTAYING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 86, 14 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 35 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 86, 14 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UPSTAYING starts with U and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AGINPSTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start UPSTAY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found UPSTAYING?
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 86 - and most players walked straight past it.
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