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UPWARD
Definition of UPWARD
adverb
In a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher place; in a course toward the source or origin.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old English upweardes, equivalent to up + -ward.
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.
UPWARD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
UPWARD starts with U and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADPRUW - 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.
Words that start UPWARD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found UPWARD?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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