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UPWARDS
Definition of UPWARDS
adverb
Towards a (higher) position closer to the sky than the ground.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English upwardes, from Old English upweardes, equivalent to up + -wards. Cognate with Dutch opwaarts (“upwards”), German aufwärts (“upwards”).
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.
UPWARDS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
UPWARDS starts with U and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADPRSUW - 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 UPWARDS?
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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