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UPWAFTS
Definition of UPWAFTS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of upwaft
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Word DNA
UPWAFTS inherits its ancestry from its root, UPWAFT.
How it is built
Same root, UPWAFT · 3 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.
UPWAFTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UPWAFTS starts with U and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AFPSTUW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start UPWAFT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found UPWAFTS?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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