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UPTURN
Definition of UPTURN
noun
An upward turn or trend, especially in business activity or profit.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English upturnen, equivalent to up- + turn.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.1%
of traced words share this origin (5,012)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, UPTURN · 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.
UPTURN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 136, 3 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 28 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 41, 30 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UPTURN starts with U and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read NPRTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start UPTURN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 41
Could you have found UPTURN?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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