The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
UPTEAR
Definition of UPTEAR
verb
To tear up (wrench from the ground).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From up- + tear.
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.
UPTEAR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 116, 13 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 116, 13 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UPTEAR starts with U and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEPRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found UPTEAR?
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 116 - and most players walked straight past it.
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