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UPTER
Definition of UPTER
adjective
Useless, no good.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Abbreviation of up to putty.
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.
UPTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 77, 5 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 35 days.
First found by a player on Day 77, 5 August 2026.
Built from these letters
UPTER starts with U and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EPRTU - 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 UPTER?
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 77 - and most players walked straight past it.
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